FLUID MECHANICS/STRÖMNINGSMEKANIK SG2214, 2011

Course information
updated 2011-08-18

 

Lecturer:

 

Docent Anders Dahlkild (AD)

 

tel: 7909174

 

ad@mech.kth.se

 

Instructor:

 

Docent Luca Brandt (LB)

 

tel: 7906870

 

luca@mech.kth.se

Book:

 

Lecture notes

 

Fluid Mechanics,  P.K. Kundu & I.M. Cohen, 3rd edition

(E-book via KTHB: http://www.lib.kth.se/main/e-resurser.asp
Referex engineering:
Materials & Mechanical Collection)

 

 

Homework:

 

Homework 1 (3p.), due 12/9  

 

Homework 2 (4p.), due 30/9  

 

Homework 3 (3p.), due 11/10  

 

 

 

Lab:

 

Experimental lab scheduled during course.
Address: Teknikringen 8

 

Test:

 

Test (50p.) 21/10 Friday, 14-18, E 34 E 35 E 36
Re-exam:

 

Copies of  appendix B of course book or Appendix A3 of lectures notes can be used

Additional information

 

  Detailed syllabus

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Links: flow visualizations and educational movies

 

Downloads:

 

Lecture notes

 

Hand-written lecture notes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, ...

 

Introduction

Exercises and old exams


Day

Time

Room

Teacher

Description

Mon 29/8

15.15-17.00

D 3

AD

Lecture 1: (3.1-3.3).
Introduction and motivation of Navier-Stokes eq.
Kinematics: Lagrange/Euler coord., material derivative.

Wed 31/8

8.15-10.00

V 32

AD

Lecture 2: (3.6-3.12).
Kinematics: relative motion.
.

Thu 1/9

8.15-10.00

E 3

Ruth Lambert

Recitation 1: (2.1-2.16). Tensors.

Fri 2/9

13.15-15.00

FD 5

Ruth

Recitation 2:
Euler/Lagrange coordinates and relative motion
.

Mon 5/9

8.15-10.00

B 3

AD

Lecture 3: (4.1-4.7).
Reynolds transport theorem, continuity eq.
,
monmentum eq. and stress tensor. 

Tue 6/9

15.15-18.00

V 32

LB

Recitation 3: Conservation equations, stress tensor.

Tutorial Homework 1

Thu 8/9

8.15-10.00

E 3

AD

Lecture 4: conservation of energy, Navier-Stokes equations.

Fri 9/9

10.15-12.00

M 2

LB

Recitation 4: stress tensor and Rankine vortex.

Mon 12/9

13.15-15.00

F 2

AD

Lecture 5: (9.1-9.6).
Exact solutions to Navier-Stokes.

HOMEWORK 1 DUE

Tue 13/9

15.15-17.00

V 32

LB

Recitation 5: exact solutions to Navier-Stokes.

Wed 14/9

8.15-10.00

D 3

AD/LB

Lecture 6: (9.7-9.11, 4.8).
Rotating cylinders and Stokes’ problem

Thu 15/9

13.15-16.00

FB 42

LB

Recitation 6: more exact solutions to Navier-Stokes equations.
Tutorial Homework 2

Mon 19/9

15.15-17.00

E 3

AD

Lecture 7: (5.1-5.5).
Vorticity equation and Hiemenz problem.

Tue 20/9

16.15-18.00

V 32

LB

Recitation 7: exact solutions of energy equations, axisymmetric flow and irrotational vortices.

Wed 21/9

13.15-15.00

D 3

AD

Lecture 8: (3.4, 3.13, 4.16).
Vorticity and circulation, Streamfunction, velocity potential and Bernoulli's eq.

Thu 22/9

10.15-12.00

V 32

 LB

Recitation 8: Natural convection in channel,
Kelvin’s theorem, Vorticity

Fri 23/9

13.15-16.00

D 3

AD

Lecture 9: (6.1-6.8).
2D inviscid flow and the complex potential.

Tutorial Homework 2

Mon 26/9

8.15-10.00

FB 53

LB

Recitation 9: Bernoulli and streamfunction.

Tue 27/9

13.15-15.00

B 3

AD

Lecture 10: (6.9-6.11, 14.14).
Flow past a circular cylinder with circulation, lift and drag.

Wed 28/9

10.15-12.00

Q 31

 LB

Recitation 10: potential flow problem

Fri 30/9

8.15-10.00

E 3

AD

Lecture 11: (10.1-10.5).
Boundary layer equations and Blasius flow.

HOMEWORK 2 DUE

Fri 30/9

10.15-12.00

V 1

LB

Recitation 11: boundary layer similarity and wake flow.

Mon 3/10

15.15-17.00

D 3

AD

Lecture 12: (10.7-10.9).
Boundary layers with pressure gradients, separation of the boundary layer.

Wed 5/10

13.15-16.00

V 32

LB

Recitation 12: more boundary layers

Tutorial Homework 3

Thu 6/10

15.15-17.00

E 3

AD

Lecture 13: (13.1-13.8, 13.11-13.12).
Average equation for turbulent flow, Reynolds stresses and turbulent kinetic energy.

Mon 10/10

13.15-15.00

V 32

LB

Recitation 13: turbulent flow.

Tue 11/10

8.15-10.00

E 3

AD

Lecture 14: Turbulent channel flow, Summary.

HOMEWORK 3 DUE

Thu 13/10

8.15-10.00

V 32

LB

Recitation 14: problems from old exams.

Fri 21/10

14.00-18.00

E 34, E 35, E 36

 

Written exam