Mechanical Engineering

MTM038 Advanced Fluid Mechanics 9.0 ECTS credits

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General information about studying at Luleå University
TIMEPERIOD: Q I-II

LANGUAGE: English/Swedish

EXAMINER
H Gustavsson Prof

PREREQUISITES
MTM052 Hydromechanics, MAM003 Mathematics

COURSE AIM
The purpose of the course is to develop an understanding of fluid mechanical phenomena on the basis of a differential equation formulation of the equations of motion.

CONTENTS
Description of the flow field (30%): The continuum model, Euler and Lagrange coordinates, particle path, streakline, streamline, stream function, circulation, vorticity, potential; laws for mass, momentum and energy, conditions for various approximations. Inviscid flow (35%): Potential flow, elementary solutions to Laplace's equation, Kelvins theorem, lift theory. Viscous flow (35%): Exact solutions of Navier-Stokes equations, boundary layers, stability and turbulence transition, turbulent flow.

TEACHING
Class-room teaching.

EXAMINATION
Written exam in two parts; homework assignments with credit points.
COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS AND CREDITS 
Written exam                                                	9.0 ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Kundu P.K.: Fluid Mechanics, Academic Press Gustavsson, H.: Exempelsamling i Strömningslära. Maskinteknik, LTU.

REMARKS
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