GMI 261E - Fluid Mechanics

Course Objectives

To teach the
fluid behaviors.
2.
To teach the theories and applications of fluids.

Course Description

ntroduction. Unit systems. Hydrostatics. Pressure at a
point. Calculation of pressure forces.
Kinematics of fluids. Basic equations of one dimensional flow (continuity, energy and impuls
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momentum equations). Ideal fluids. Real fluids. Potential (irrotational) flows. Boundary layer.
Dimensional analyses and similarity laws