Postgraduate Course: Analytical Fluid Mechanics (MSc) (PGEE11054)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Engineering) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course introduces analytical concepts and approaches in classical fluid mechanics. Main topics include boundary layers, turbulence, potential flow and aerofoils. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | n/a |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, students should be able to:
1. describe the flowfield round a typical body immersed in a flow;
2. explain how lift and drag forces arise from the interaction the body and flow;
3. define and explain the practical significance of circulation, vorticity, transition, separation;
4. analyse simple potential flow models;
5. describe analytical models of turbulence, and derive the simpler solutions based on the mixing-length model;
6. explain the concept of the boundary layer, and why it is useful;
7. define the various forms of boundary layer thickness, explain their significance, and derive their values from given velocity profiles;
8. use the von Karman equation to obtain quantitative solutions for laminar and turbulent boundary layers with uniform external flows;
9. describe boundary layer behaviour with non-uniform external flows, and explain how it might be predicted;
10. describe methods of boundary layer control in low drag and high lift applications;
11. use tools, knowledge and insight into physical fluid mechanic phenomena gained in 1-10 (above) to build and critically appraise suitable analytical models for complex flow scenarios of mechanical engineering relevance. |
Assessment Information
| Final Examination (100%) |
Additional Information
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| Keywords | fluid mechanics analytical |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Tom Bruce
Tel: (0131 6)50 8701
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Course secretary | Mrs Sharon Mulvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 7076
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