MSG 322/4 FLUID MECHANICS

SEMESTER 2, ACADEMIC SESSION 2015/2016

COURSE OUTLINE

PREREQUISITE: MAT222 (S)

SYNOPSIS OF COURSE
This course described the general equations, both integral and differential, that
result from the conservation of mass principle, Newtons second law and the first
law of thermodynamics. These general equations will be considered and applied to
new and different situations.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Week 1: Review of basic concepts from vector differentiation and vector integration
Week 2: Definition of fluid; Classification of fluids and physical properties of fluids;
fluid statics and special properties of fluids in statics
Week 3: Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of fluid motion; Types of flows;
Different types of lines describing fluid motion; derivation of equation of continuity
Week 4: Derivation of Eulers equation of motion and its special cases; derivation of
Bernoullis equation and energy equation and applications of these equations
Week 5: Motion of fluid element; Vorticity; body and surface forces; Flow and
Circulation; Kelvins Circulation theorem
Week 6: Irrigational motion; Equations of motion due to the presence of source,
sinks and doublets
Week 7: Motion in two dimensions; Stream functions; Complex potential and complex velocity; Uniform flows; Images of sources, sinks and doublets
Week 8: MID-SEM BREAK
Week 9: Circulation about a circular cylinder; Blasiuss theorem; Vortex line;
Properties of vortices
Week 10: Stress analysis; Stress in a fluid motion; Principal stress and principal
directions; Strain analysis; Relation between stress and strain
Week 11: Navier-Stokes equation for viscous fluid flow; Limitations of NavierStokes equation; Deductions of Navier-Stokes equations
Week 12: Dimensional analysis; Different non-dimensional numbers describing special fluid flows ; Verification of equations in physical dimensions
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Week 13: Laminar flow between parallel plates; Plane and generalized Couette
flow; Hagen-Poiseuille flow through circular pipe; Steady flow in different types
of tubes
Week 14: Unsteady flow of viscous fluids; Solution of Navier-Stokes equation at
low Reynolds number; Flow past a sphere and circular cylinder
Week 15: Two-dimensional boundary layer flows; Boundary layer properties; Momentum integral equations for boundary layer flow
REFERENCES
1. Merle, C. Potter and David, C. Wiggert (2003). Mechanics of Fluid, 3rd
edition. Brooks/Cole.
2. Cengel, Y.A. and Cimbala, J.M. (2006), Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and
Applications, McGraw Hill
3. Fox, R.W. and McDonald, A.T. (2004). Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 5th
edition. John Wiley
4. Frank, M.W. (2006). Fluid Mechanics, 6th edition. McGraw Hill
ASSESSMENT
2 assignments (+ tutorials)
2 tests (or quizzes)
Final examination
Prepared by:
Dr. Syakila Ahmad
Room no.: 130 PPSM
Ext.: 4782
School of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
E-mail: syakilaahmad@usm.my