PROGRAM
CONTENT
BASIC CONSIDERATIONS :
dimensions, units and physical quantities,
continuum hypothesis, fluid
properties : density, viscosity and specific gravity, forces on a continuum,
the stress tensor, stress in fluids, tension in a fluid at rest
• STATICS OF FLUIDS: the equation of statics and its implications,
statics of incompressible fluids in the gravitational field, pressure
definition and measurement, hydrostatic forces on flat and curved surfaces
• KINEMATICS OF FLUIDS :
definition of kinematic quantities, Reynolds transport theorem, spatial and
material coordinates, the material
derivative, lagrangian
and eulerian
descriptions of motion, one- two- and three-dimensional flows, the velocity
gradient tensor and its physical interpretation, viscous and inviscid flows,
laminar and turbulent flows
• DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND
SIMILITUDE: motivations, main dimensinless
parameters in Hydraulics, advantages and applications
• CONSERVATION LAWS: integral and
differential form of the equations, conservation of mass, momentum
and energy, continuity equation, Navier-Stokes
equation
• FLUID DYNAMICS: motion of fluids, uniform
and permanent flows, definitions, inviscid fluid, Bernouilli
equation, applications
• INCOMPRESSIBLE AND VISCOUS FLUIDS: viscous
flows, exact solutions, pipe flows,
introduction to turbulence
• FLOW IN PIPING SYSTEM AND IN OPEN
CHANNEL: 1D scheme, uniform flow, head losses, practical problems
• MEASUREMENTS IN FLUID MECHANICS:
measurements of local flow parameters,
flow rate and pressure measurement, flow visualization, uncertainty analysis.
- معلم: Stefania ESPA