2.06
Fluid Dynamics
Spring 2013
Topics
- Fluid Statics: Pressure Distribution, Forces on Surfaces with Examples
- Buoyancy Forces on Surfaces
- Recitation 1
- Fluids Undergoing Constant Acceleration; Introduction to Surface Tension
- Surface Tension and Capillarity
- Recitation 2
- Open Systems: Control Volume Formulation, Conservation of Mass and Momentum
- Recitation 3
- Examples of Use of Control Volume Formulation, Bernoulli Equation
- Momentum Equation, Examples Using Momentum Equation
- Differential Forms: Mass Conservation, Substantial Derivative, Euler Equations
- Recitation 4
- Differential Forms: Viscous Fluids and the Navier-Stokes Equation
- Navier-Stokes Examples: Bearings and other Examples
- Recitation 5
- Navier-Stokes Examples: Laminar Flow, Turbulent Pipe Flows and Losses
- Navier-Stokes Examples: Pipe Systems and Viscous Pumps with Simple Examples. Wrap-up and Review.
Readings
- The textbook for the course is [White] = White, Frank M. Fluid Mechanics. 7th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN: 9780077422417.
- LEC #: 1–4 · READINGS: [White] Chapter 1: “Introduction.”
- [White] Chapter 2: “Pressure Distribution in a Fluid.”
- LEC #: 5–10 · READINGS: [White] Chapter 3: “Integral Relations for a Control Volume.”
- LEC #: 11–12 · READINGS: No reading assignment
- White, Frank M. Fluid Mechanics . 7th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN: 9780077422417.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.