I. Fundamental Fluid Concepts and Conservation Equations | |||
W 9/30 | I.1 | Organization, the scope of fluid mechanics and this class, the continuum hypothesis | KC 1.1-5 |
F 10/2 | I.2 | Fluid parcel, Density, Pressure and its molecular origins, the net force on a fluid parcel due to pressure | KC 1.7, 2.1-6 |
M 10/5 | I.3 | The pressure gradient, hydrostatic balance | PS 1 KC 2.7-10 |
W 10/7 | I.4 | Velocity, Lagrangian vs. Eulerian point of view, the material derivative | KC 3.1-7 |
F 10/9 | I.5 | Conservation of mass, incompressible flow | Lab: Buoyancy and the Spar Buoy High-Bay area of the Ocean Sciences Building 1st floor (OCN) pdfmap KC 2.13, 3.13, 4.1-3, 4.18 |
M 10/12 | I.6 | Gauss Divergence Theorem, Buoyancy, Momentum conservation (inviscid) | PS 2 PS 1 Solutions KC 4.4-8 |
II. Scaling, the Shallow Water Equations, Waves, and the Bernoulli Function | |||
W 10/14 | II.1 | Scaling: the Boussinesq and Hydrostatic Approximations | Holton 2.4.3, KC 4.18 |
F 10/16 | II.2 | Shallow Water (SW) Equations | Lab: Wave Tank MacCready Lab OCN 147 (Ocean Sciences Building) map |
M 10/19 | II.3 | Shallow water waves I | PS 3 PS 2 Solutions KC 7.1-3 |
W 10/21 | II.4 | Shallow water waves II | |
F 10/23 | II.5 | Bernoulli function | KC 4.16-17 Lab: Flume with flow over a bump OTB 206 (Ocean Teaching Building) map |
III. Viscosity and Energy | |||
M 10/26 | III.1 | Viscosity, molecular origins, effects on momentum, Reynolds number, Couette flow | KC 9.1-6 |
W 10/28 | III.2 | Viscosity continued.. | PS 3 Solutions |
F 10/30 | III.3 III.4 | Energy: derivation of the KE conservation equation Control Volume Analysis, Momentum Integral | KC 4.8 again, KC 4.13 Extra Hour Rooms: 10:30 in LOW 113, 12:30 LOW 105 Midterm Exam |
M 11/2 | MOVIE: Pressure Fields & Fluid Acceleration | ||
W 11/4 | MOVIE: Waves in Fluids | ||
F 11/6 | III.5 | KE & PE per unit volume | Midterm Solutions |
M 11/9 | III.6 | KE & PE for Shallow Water Waves | PS 4 |
W 11/11 | Veteran's Day Holiday | ||
IV. Vorticity | |||
F 11/13 | IV.1-2 | Vorticity 1: Definitions and Examples | Lab: Pool-Vortex Rings High-Bay area of the Ocean Sciences Building 1st floor (OCN)map KC 5.1-4 |
M 11/16 | Vorticity 2: Kelvin Circulation Theorem & Helmholtz Vortex Theorems | PS 4 Solutions KC 5.5-7 | |
W 11/18 | IV.3 | Vorticity 3: Vorticity Equation | PS 5 KC 5.8-9 |
V. Potential Flow | |||
F 11/20 | V.1 | Potential Flow 1: Definitions | Open question session KC 6.1-7 |
M 11/23 | V.2 | Potential Flow 2: Solutions | KC 6.8-9 |
W 11/25 | V.3 | Potential Flow 3: Drag on a Cylinder | PS 5 Solutions |
F 11/27 | Day-After-Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
VI. Deep-water Waves, 2-layer Stratification, K-H Instability | |||
M 11/30 | VI.1-2 | Deep water waves (nonhydrostatic) | PS 6 KC 7.4-6 |
W 12/2 | Dispersion, group velocity vs. phase speed | KC 7.7-10 | |
F 12/4 | VI.3-5 | Instability of fluid flows | Lab: 2-Layer Waves MacCready Lab OCN 147 (Ocean Sciences Building) map KC 12.1-6 |
M 12/7 | Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability | PS 6 Solutions Final Exam | |
W 12/9 | K-H Instability, continued | ||
VII. Compressibility | |||
F 12/11 | VII.1 | Effects of compressibility, Sound Waves Tcd2012 l06 2v parts manual. | KC 1.8-10 & 16.1-2 Open question sessions: 406 Atmospheric Sciences Building map |
M 12/14 | Final exam due 11:30 AM in box outside OSB 313 Final Exam Answers & Extra on Problem 3 |