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.