1.060
Fluid Mechanics
Mechanics principles for incompressible fluids. Review of hydrostatics. Conservation of mass, momentum and energy in fluid mechanics. Flow nets, velocity distributions in laminar and turbulent flows, groundwater flows. Momentum and energy principles in hydraulics, with emphasis on open channel flow and hydraulic structures. Drag and lift forces. Analysis of pipe systems, pumps and turbines. Gradually varied flow in open channels, significance of the Froude number, backwater curves and kinematic waves. Application of principles through open-ended studio exercises.
Spring 2006 · Engineering Mechanics II
Topics
- Subject Outline, Fluid Concepts, The Continuum Hypothesis
- Review of Hydrostatics and Dimensional Analysis
- Description of Fluid Flow, Conservation Laws
- Hydrostatics, Forces on Plane and Curved Surfaces
- Stability of Floating Bodies
- Manometry, Stability of Dams and Gates
- Mass and Volume Conservation
- Stream Function, Velocity Potential, Flownet Construction
- The Bernoulli Equation for Ideal Fluids
- Flownet and Streamline Construction
- Application of Mass Conservation and Bernoulli
- Conservation Laws for Finite Control Volumes, Reynolds Transport Theorem
- Conservation of Momentum for Finite Control Volumes
- Bernoulli Experiment
- Applications of Momentum
- The Bernoulli Equation from Energy Considerations
- Special Forms and Interpretations of the Bernoulli Equation
- Laminar Flow, Shear Stresses in Fluids
- Velocity Distribution in Laminar Flows, Turbulence, The Reynolds Number
- Application of Conservation Principles for Finite Control
- Pipe Friction Losses, Moody Diagram, Minor Losses
- Pipe Flow Analysis
- Pump Specification and Requirements
- Pipe Flow Demonstration and Analysis
- Turbines and Windmills
- Drag Forces on Immersed Bodies
- Lift Forces on Immersed Bodies
- Dynamic Response of a Floating Body
- Fluid Mechanics of Pitching
- Uniform Open Channel Flow
- Uniform Open Channel Flow Computations
- Open Channel Flow Computations
- Bernoulli Principle in Open Channel Flow, Specific Head-Depth Diagram
- Application of Specific Head in Open Channel Flow, Super- and Sub-critical Flows
- Momentum Principle in Open Channel Flow
- Application of Momentum Principle in Open Channel Flow
- Application of Energy and Momentum Principles in Open Channel Flows
- Gradually Varied Open Channel Flow
- Gradually Varied Flow Profiles
- Discharge From Lakes and Under Gates
- Determination of Gradually Varied Flow Profiles
- Further Examples of Gradually Varied Flow
- Unsteady Flow in Open Channels, Kinematic Waves
- Flood Routing
- Differential Analysis of Fluid Flow, Navier-Stokes Equations
Readings
- The main textbook for this course is:
- Young, Donald F., Bruce R. Munson, and Theodore H. Okiishi. A Brief Introduction to Fluid Mechanics . 3rd ed. New York, NY: Wiley, 2003. ISBN: 0471457574.
- Readings assignments in the main textbook are shown in this table.
- SES #: L1 · TOPICS: Subject Outline, Fluid Concepts, The Continuum Hypothesis · READINGS: 1.1-1.6
- SES #: L2 · TOPICS: Description of Fluid Flow, Conservation Laws · READINGS: 1.7-1.9, 4.1-4.2
- SES #: L3 · TOPICS: Hydrostatics, Forces on Plane and Curved Surfaces · READINGS: 2.1-2.3, 2.8-2.10
- SES #: L4 · TOPICS: Manometry, Stability of Dams and Gates · READINGS: 2.4-2.7, 2.11-2.12
- SES #: L5 · TOPICS: Mass and Volume Conservation · READINGS: 5.1, 6.1-6.2
- SES #: L6 · TOPICS: Stream Function, Velocity Potential, Flownet Construction · READINGS: 6.4, 6.5-6.5.1
- SES #: L7 · TOPICS: The Bernoulli Equation for Ideal Fluids · READINGS: 3.1-3.4
- SES #: L8 · TOPICS: Application of Mass Conservation and Bernoulli · READINGS: 3.5-3.6
- SES #: L9 · TOPICS: Conservation Laws for Finite Control Volumes, Reynolds Transport Theorem · READINGS: 4.3-4.4
- SES #: L10 · TOPICS: Conservation of Momentum for Finite Control Volumes · READINGS: 5.2.1
- SES #: L11 · TOPICS: Applications of Momentum · READINGS: 5.2.2
- SES #: L12 · TOPICS: The Bernoulli Equation from Energy Considerations · READINGS: 5.3-5.3.1
- SES #: L13 · TOPICS: Special Forms and Interpretations of the Bernoulli Equation · READINGS: 3.7-3.8, 5.3.2-5.3.4
- SES #: L14 · TOPICS: Laminar Flow, Shear Stresses in Fluids · READINGS: 1.6, 8.1
- SES #: L15 · TOPICS: Velocity Distribution in Laminar Flows, Turbulence, The Reynolds Number · READINGS: 6.9, 8.2-8.3
- SES #: L16 · TOPICS: Pipe Friction Losses, Moody Diagram, Minor Losses · READINGS: 8.4
- SES #: L17 · TOPICS: Pipe Flow Analysis · READINGS: 8.5-8.6
- SES #: L18 · TOPICS: Pump Specification and Requirements · READINGS: 11.1-11.4
- SES #: L19 · TOPICS: Turbines and Windmills · READINGS: 11.6-11.8
- SES #: L20 · TOPICS: Drag Forces on Immersed Bodies · READINGS: 9.1-9.3
- SES #: L21 · TOPICS: Lift Forces on Immersed Bodies · READINGS: 9.4
- SES #: L22 · TOPICS: Fluid Mechanics of Pitching · READINGS: 10.1, 10.4-10.4.2
- SES #: L23 · TOPICS: Uniform Open Channel Flow · READINGS: 10.4.3
- SES #: L24 · TOPICS: Uniform Open Channel Flow Computations · READINGS: 10.2
- SES #: L25 · TOPICS: Bernoulli Principle in Open Channel Flow, Specific Head-Depth Diagram · READINGS: 10.3
- SES #: L26 · TOPICS: Application of Specific Head in Open Channel Flow, Super- and Sub-critical Flows · READINGS: 10.6.2-10.6.4
- SES #: L27 · TOPICS: Momentum Principle in Open Channel Flow · READINGS: 10.6.1
- SES #: L28 · TOPICS: Application of Momentum Principle in Open Channel Flow · READINGS: Class notes
- SES #: L29 · TOPICS: Gradually Varied Open Channel Flow · READINGS: 10.5
- SES #: L30 · TOPICS: Gradually Varied Flow Profiles · READINGS: Class notes
- SES #: L31 · TOPICS: Discharge From Lakes and Under Gates · READINGS: Class notes
- SES #: L32 · TOPICS: Further Examples of Gradually Varied Flow · READINGS: Class notes
- SES #: L33 · TOPICS: Unsteady Flow in Open Channels, Kinematic Waves · READINGS: Class notes
- SES #: L34 · TOPICS: Flood Routing · READINGS: 6.3, 6.8
- SES #: L35-L36 · TOPICS: Differential Analysis of Fluid Flow, Navier-Stokes Equations · READINGS: 8.3
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) , Physics II (GIR) , and 18.03 U (Spring) 3-2-7 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Spring 2006
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.