Faculty | Mechanical Engineering | ||
Course title: | Fluid Mechanics |
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Erasmus subject code | Course type | Number of contact hours | ECTS credits |
06.1 | Lectures (15h), classes (30h), laboratory (15h) | 60 | 5 |
Course description
Macroscopic properties of fluids. Kinematics of fluid motion. Eulerian and Lagrangian flow descriptions. Volume and mass rate of flow. The continuity equation. Surface and volume forces. Momentum theorem. Stress and rates of deformation. Constitutive relations. Equations for Newtonian fluids. The Navier – Stokes equations. Solutions to the steady – state Navier – Stokes equations. The Poiseuille and Couette flows. Inviscid flows. Bernoulli’s equation. Application of Bernoulli’s equation. Viscous flow in pipes. The boundary layer approximation. The boundary layer equations. Turbulent flows and its modeling. Turbulence models. Flow measurements. Instruments and procedures for measurement of flow rate.
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Laboratory | |||
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Lab 2 - Measurements of the fluid viscosity | ![]() |
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Lab 3 - Identification of rheological characteristics of liquid | ![]() |
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Lab 6 - Fluid outflow through the small orifice | ![]() |
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Lab 8 - Classic Reynolds Experiment | ![]() |
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Lab 9 - Measurement of local and avarage value of fluid velocity in straight circular pipes | ![]() |
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Lab 11 - Measurement of pressure losses caused by viscosity | ![]() |
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Lab 12 - The pressure losses caused by the local obstacle | ![]() |
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Lab 16 - Flow measurements | ![]() |
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Literature
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Contact person | |||
Institute | Institute of Thermal and Process Engineering (M-5) |