ME 321 - Incompressible Fluid Flow

Prerequisites: EAS 224 and M 204 or consent of instructor. Fluid kinematics, continuity equation, vector operations. Momentum 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. 3 credits