Fluid Mechanics

Catalog description

Fluid statics. Control volume forms of continuity, momentum and energy. Pipe flow and turbomachinery. Introduction to boundary layers and turbulent flow. Laboratory experiments and demonstrations of basic concepts. Prerequisite: 306 and 318L and MATH 2531 and MATH **316. Pre- or corequisite: 301. Restriction: admitted to B.S.M.E. Mechanical Engineering. This is a double-starred (**) level course and may be taken for graduate credit by students enrolled in a graduate program outside of the department. A graduate student enrolled in a double-starred course numbered below 500 may be required to complete extra work.