Fluid Mechanics

Professors Fluid Mechanics

0612600009
DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA INDUSTRIALE
EQF6
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
2017/2018

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
660LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE ON GENERAL SCIENTIFIC CONTENTS AND METHODOLOGICAL-OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF FLUID MECHANICS. IN PARTICULAR, THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS GOVERNING THE MOTION OF A FLUID AND THE ACQUISITION OF THE ABILITY TO PROPERLY SIZE THOSE FLUID SYSTEMS THAT ARE GOVERNED BY A SIMPLE ONE-DIMENSIONAL BALANCE.

THE MAIN KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED DURING THE COURSE WILL BE:
• DESCRIPTION OF THE MATTER AS A CONTINUUM
• FLUID STATICS
• BALANCE EQUATIONS ON A FINITE VOLUME,
• BALANCE EQUATIONS ON AN INFINITESIMAL VOLUME
• BERNOULLI'S LAW
• CURRENTS WITH NEGLIGIBLE ACCELERATION
• POTENTIAL FLOW
• BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW
• TURBULENT FLOW IN DUCTS.

THE MAIN SKILLS ACQUIRED BY STUDENTS DURING THE COURSE WILL BE:
• PROPERLY SIZE THOSE FLUID SYSTEMS WHOSE CHARACTERISTICS DERIVE FROM A SIMPLE ONE-DIMENSIONAL BALANCE
• DETERMINE FORCES AND TORQUES ACTING ON SYSTEMS IN CONTACT WITH A FLUID AT REST OR IN MOTION.
• DERIVE THE BASIC DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS THAT DETERMINE THE BEHAVIOUR AND THE PERFORMANCES OF A FLUID SYSTEM.
• OBTAIN AN OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT BEHAVIOURS THAT A FLUID CAN MANIFEST, DESCRIBING IN A SIMPLIFIED MANNER (BOTH QUALITATIVELY AND QUANTITATIVELY) THEIR MAIN FEATURES.
• ACQUIRE AND USE A SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY APPROPRIATE TO DESCRIBE AND MODEL A FLUID SYSTEM.
Prerequisites
FOR THE SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE COURSE OBJECTIVES, THE STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO ACQUIRE THOSE MATHEMATICAL SKILLS AND BASIC PHYSICAL CONCEPTS THAT ARE COVERED IN THE COURSES OF MATHEMATICS I AND II AND PHYSICS I.
Contents
(EXCERCISES: 40%)
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE MATER AS A CONTINUUM (6H):
LOCAL MECHANICAL INVARIANTS, BALANCE EQUATIONS, PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS, GENERAL FORM OF THE MOMENTUM FLUX, MASS AND SURFACE FORCES, STRESS TENSOR.
FLUID STATICS (6H):
EQUATION OF HYDROSTATICS, MANOMETERS, FORCES ACTING ON A SURFACES.
BALANCE EQUATIONS ON A FINITE VOLUME (7H): REYNOLDS TRANSPORT THEOREM, CONSERVATION OF MASS, MOMENTUM AND ANGULAR MOMENTUM WITH APPLICATIONS, DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS.
BALANCE EQUATIONS ON AN INFINITESIMAL VOLUME (6H):
MATERIAL DERIVATIVE, NEWTON'S LAW OF VISCOSITY, EULER AND NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS, STREAMLINES AND THEIR REPRESENTATION, TO A MAXIMUM OF MOTION FLOWS, EXACT SOLUTIONS OF THE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS.
BERNOULLI'S LAW (6H):
STATIC, DYNAMIC AND TOTAL PRESSURE. HYDRAULIC HEAD, HEAD LOSSES , VENTURI TUBE.
CURRENTS WITH NEGLIGIBLE ACCELERATION (6H):
REYNOLDS' THEORY OF LUBRICATION, STOKES FLOW AROUND A SPHERE AND A CYLINDER.
POTENTIAL FLOW (3H):
FLOW FIELDS OBTAINABLE AS A SUPERPOSITION OF SIMPLE SOLUTION (SOURCE/SINK, VORTEX, DOUBLET), GENERATION OF LIFT, LIFT AND DRAG COEFFICIENTS.
THE BOUNDARY LAYER (6H):
CONCEPT OF SIMILARITY, BOUNDARY LAYER ON A FLAT PLATE AND DRAG EVALUATION, QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH SEPARATION.
TURBULENT FLOW IN DUCTS (9H):
PROPERTIES OF TURBULENCE, VELOCITY PROFILE, PRANDTL'S LAW OF FRICTION, MOODY DIAGRAM, LOSSES IN STRAIGHT DUCTS, PIPE FITTINGS, FLOW MEASUREMENTS .
OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE AND FINAL EXERCISES (5H).
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF A TOTAL OF 60 TEACHING HOURS (6CFU) DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: 36 HOURS OF LECTURES AND 24 HOURS OF PRACTICE. DURING THE PRACTICING CLASSES, PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE WILL BE DISCUSSED AND SOLVED. ARGUMENTS WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH THE HELP OF MOVIE PROJECTIONS AND WITH THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS.
Verification of learning
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TEACHING OBJECTIVES IS CERTIFIED THROUGH AN ORAL EXAMINATION PRECEDED BY TWO MIDTERMS WRITTEN ASSESSMENT TESTS. THE FINAL GRADE (OUT OF THIRTY) WILL BE GIVEN BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE KNOWLEDGE REACHED BY THE STUDENT ON THEORETICAL ASPECTS, HIS ABILITY TO APPLY SUCH KNOWLEDGE TO SOLVE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS, HIS COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THE SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY.
Texts
TEXTBOOK: 
D. PNUELI, C. GUTFINGER: MECCANICA DEI FLUIDI. ZANICHELLI 1995
OTHER SUGGESTED BOOKS: 
1) D. J. ACHESON: ELEMENTARY FLUID DYNAMICS. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1990
2) G. K. BATCHELOR: AN INTRODUCTION TO FLUID DYNAMICS. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2000
3) P. LUCHINI: ONDE NEI FLUIDI, INSTABILITA E TURBOLENZA. DIPARTIMENTO DI PROGETTAZIONE AERONAUTICA, UNIVERSITA DI NAPOLI, 1993 (AVAILABLE ON HTTP://ELEARNING.DIMEC.UNISA.IT)
4) P. LUCHINI, M. QUADRIO: AERODINAMICA. DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, 2000-2002; (AVAILABLE ON HTTPS://HOME.AERO.POLIMI.IT/QUADRIO/IT/DIDATTICA/DISPENSENUOVE.HTML AND ON HTTP://ELEARNING.DIMEC.UNISA.IT)
5) Y. CENGEL, J.M. CIMBALA, MECCANICA DEI FLUIDI, MCGRAW-HILL 2007
6) F. M. WHITE, FLUID MECHANICS, MCGRAW-HILL VI EDIZIONE 
More Information
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