Description:
| Aims: To introduce the student to more basic equations of fluid mechanics and to apply the equations to engineering problems.
Learning Outcomes: After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Understand the basic concepts of fluid mechanics.
* Apply the continuity, momentum and Bernoulli's equations to engineering problems.
* Use dimensional analysis.
Skills: Problem solving; numeracy; working independently.
Content: Stress and viscosity; fluid statics; pressure, forces and moments; fluid kinematics; continuity equation; Bernoulli equation; Bernoulli equation with losses and external work; momentum equation for a control volume; dimensional analysis and similarity; introduction to Flight. Thermofluids laboratory experiment.
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