MECH 3321 - Incompressible Fluid Flow

Prerequisites: EASC 2213, MATH 2203, MATH 2204. Prerequisite or co-requisite: MECH 3300. Fluid kinematics, continuity equation, vector operations. Momen-tum equation for frictionless flow, Bernoulli equation with applications. Irrotational flow, velocity potential, Laplace's equation, dynamic pressure and lift. Stream function for incompressible flows. Rotational flows, vorticity, circulation, lift and drag. Integral momentum analysis. Navier-Stokes equation, stress tensor. Newtonian fluid. Boundary layer approximations. Similitude. 3 credits.