Credit Structure: (3-0)3

Catalog Description:
Definitions, physical properties. Hydrostatics, forces on plane and curved surfaces, buoyancy, hydrostatics in moving and rotating containers. Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions, derivatives, rate of deformation, flow lines. System and control volume approach, Reynolds transport theorem, principles of conservation of mass, momentum and energy, Bernoulli equation. Dimensional analysis, Buckingham pi theorem, similitude.

Course Objectives:
The objective is to introduce the students the fundamental principles of fluid mechanics and to form a background for the courses in the field of hydraulics.

Prerequisites:
CE 222

Textbook(s):
B.R. Munson, D.F. Young and T.H. Okiishi, "Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics", John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
A. Gunyakti, M. Gogus, N. Tokyay and I. Aydin, "Introduction to Fluid Mechanics", METU, 1992.

Reference(s):
I.H. Shames, "Mechanics of Fluids", McGraw-Hill, 1990.
J.K. Vennard and R.L. Street, "Elementary Fluid Mechanics", John Wiley and Sons, 1976.
V.L. Streeter and E.B. Wylie, "Fluid Mechanics", McGraw-Hill, 1975.

Syllabus:
1. Introduction: Definition of fluid, scope of fluid mechanics, concept of continuum, dimensions, system of dimensions, dimensional homogeneity, units and system of units, physical properties of fluids (density, specific weight, viscosity, surface tension, vapor pressure, compressibility).
2. Hydrostatics: Scalar, vector, tensor quantities and fields, surface and body forces, stress at a point, thermodynamic pressure, definition and governing equation, pressure distribution in an incompressible static fluid, measurement of pressure (barometer, manometer), hydrostatic forces on plane surfaces, hydrostatic forces on curved surfaces, buoyancy, hydrostatics of moving containers.
3. Kinematics: Definition of kinematics, Lagrangian and Eulerian methods of description, derivatives, acceleration of a fluid particle, deformation of fluid elements, flow lines (pathline, streamline, streakline).
4. Basic Principles and Methods of Analysis: Laws of nature, system and control volume concepts, reynolds transport theorem.
5. Governing Equations and Their Applications: Integral and differential approaches, conservation of mass principle, conservation of momentum principle, conservation of energy principle and Bernoulli Equation, energy and hydraulic grade lines, differential equations of motion, measurement of velocity.
6. Dimensional Analysis and Similitude: dimensional analysis, Buckingham’s pi theorem, basic dimensionless parameters in hydromechanics, model similitude and principles of modeling, geometric similarity, kinematic similarity, dynamic similarity, practical use of dimensionless groups, Reynolds model, Froude model.

Homeworks, Quizzes, Projects:
None

Computer Usage:
None

Laboratory Work:
None

Category Content:
Mathematics and Basic Sciences: None
Engineering Design: None
Engineering Sciences: 3 credits
Humanities & Social Sciences: None
Departmental: None

Instructors:
Mustafa Gögüs