COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 5051 ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET AKIF EZAN

Offered to

THERMODYNAMICS
THERMODYNAMICS

Course Objective

The main purpose of this course is not so much to feed the students with advanced material as to help develop a mastery of the underlying princibles and the ability to solve quickly and efficiently a variety of real fluid mechenics problems from first first problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to understand differential approaches in inviscid flow.
2   Ability to calculate Navier-Stokes problems.
3   Ability to use simliarity and dimensional analysis.
4   Ability to understand turbulence model
5   Ability to solve control volume problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Continuum Viewpoint and the Equation of Motion
2 Static Fluids
3 Mass Conservation
4 Inviscid Flow - Differential Approach: Euler's Equation, Bernoulli's Integral and the Effects of Streamline Curvature, the General Form of Bernoulli's Integral
5 Control Volume Theorems (Integral Approach): Linear Momentum Theorem, Angular Momentum Theorem, and First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics
6 Midterm 1
7 Navier-Stokes Equation and Viscous Flow
8 Similarity and Dimensional Analysis
9 Boundary Layers, Separation and the Effect on Drag and Lift
10 Vorticity and Circulation
11 Potential Flows: Lift, Drag, and Thrust Production
12 Midterm 2
13 Surface Tension and its Effect on Flows
14 Introduction to Turbulence

Recomended or Required Reading

. Textbook: Munson, B.R., Young D.F., Okiishi, T.H., Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 5th edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2007.


Referans book(s):

Sabersky, R.H., Acosta, A.J., and Hauptmann, E.G., Fluid Flow, a first course in fluid mechanics, fifth edition, Macmillan ltd., 1990.
o G. K. Batchelor, An introduction to fluid dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 1973.
o D. J. Tritton, Physical fluid dynamics, Oxford University Press, 1988.
o L. G. Leal, Laminar flow and convective transport processes: scaling principles and asymptotic analysis, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992.
o M. J. Lighthill, Waves in fluids, Cambridge University Press, 1978.
o R. B. Bird, R. A. Armstrong, O. Hassager, Dynamics of polymeric liquids, vol. I, Wiley, 1987. (Reference desk, Chemistry Library)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

to solve project problems given as assignments, handouts.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
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6


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 2 15 30
Preparing assignments 5 20 100
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 192

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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