Fluid Mechanics

Catalog description

An introductory course emphasizing the application of the principles of conservation of mass, momentum, and energy in a fluid system. Physical properties of fluids, dimensional analysis and similitude, viscous effects and integral boundary layer theory, subsonic and supersonic flows, normal shockwaves. Selected laboratory work. Prerequisites: Engineering 244L and Mechanical Engineering 331L, Co-requisite or prerequisite: Mathematics 353.