University of California San Diego,

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

 

MAE 101A:

Introductory Fluid Mechanics

(Prof. Lasheras Section)

 

 

Announcements:

 

Final Grades can be found here . IMPORTANT NOTE: Students who may want an exam re-graded must submit via email a statement requesting the revision (specifying details, results and comparison with exam solutions).  Under NO circumstances exams will be re-graded via walk-in in the TA’s office. Exams may be found in the box outside 564 EBUII. Exam solutions are posted below.

 

Problem Sessions and some lectures:

Review Session  (PDF)

Problem Session #6 (Mass, Linear and Angular Momentum Int. Cons. Eqns) (PDF)

Problem Session #5 (Mass and Momentum Integral Conservation Eqns) (PDF)

Problem Session #4 (Mass and Momentum Integral Conservation Eqns) (PDF)

Problem Session #3 (Hydrostatics II) (PDF)

Problem Session #2 (Hydrostatics I) (PDF)

Problem Session #1 (Fluid Kinematics) (PDF)

1st lecture presentation can be found here

 

Exam Solutions:

Midterm #1 (PDF)

Midterm #2 (PDF)

Final (PDF)

Final-Makeup (PDF)

Formula sheets:  (you can bring all these formula sheets to the final exam)

Midterm #1: ( PDF ) and the material covered (PDF)

Midterm #2: (PDF) and the material covered (PDF)

Midterm #3: (PDF).

Course Information:

 

Course Syllabus: (PDF)

 

Lecture: Tu-Th, 9:30-10:50AM, CENTR 105

 

Instructor: Prof. Juan C. Lasheras

Email: jlasheras@ucsd.edu

Office: 579 EBUII

Phone #: 45437

Office Hour: Th, 1:00-4:00 PM in 579 EBUII

 

Teaching Assistant: Javier Urzay

Email: jurzay@ucsd.edu

Office: 564 EBUII

WWW: http://iacs5.ucsd.edu/~jurzay/

Office Hour: Mon, 10:00 AM-noon in 305 EBUII

Problem Session: 9:00-9:50 AM, CSB 001, location 

  

Readers: Jun Choi (jmc010@ucsd.edu) and Jon Spalding (jdspaldi@ucsd.edu)

 

Course Description: Fluid statics; fluid kinematics; integral and differential forms of the conservation laws for mass, momentum and energy; Bernoulli equation; potential flows; dimensional analysis and similitude. Prerequisites: Math 20 E (vector calculus), 21 D (differential equations) or equivalent are required.

Textbook: FLUID MECHANICS. Frank M. White. McGraw Hill. 2005 (6th edition)

Grading Policy:

·        Exams:   25% 1st Midterm (Jan 31)   +   25% 2nd Midterm (Feb 21)   +  40% Final Exam (Mar 18, 8:00-11:00 AM). Students must bring blue books and it is strongly recommended to bring the provided formularies.

·        Homework: 10%. HW problems will be assigned each week. Due every Tuesday at 12 noon (EBU II 564). No late homework will be accepted. 

Re-grading Policy:

Homework and exams grading appeals will be considered only during office hours.  

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PROBLEM SOLVING SESSION
Javier Urzay will usually hold a problem session on Fridays (9:00-9:50 AM, CSB 001) during which he may be solving sample problems and answering questions. Attendance is strongly encouraged.

OFFICE HOURS
Javier Urzay will hold consultation hour on Mondays (10:00-noon in 305 EBUII). He will be available to answer questions in regard to the material that was covered in class or discuss additional problems or problems given on homework.

USEFUL LINKS
Outstanding series of experimental videos prepared under the direction of the National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films (NCFMF) in 1961: http://web.mit.edu/fluids/www/Shapiro/ncfmf.html

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Homework Assignment and Solution:

HW #

HW Problems

Due Date

1

 

HW1  Solutions

Jan 22

2

 

HW2: Problems P2.18, P2.23, P2.31, P2.41, P2.55 and P2.68 from the textbook. Solutions

Jan 29

3

 

HW3: Problems P2.32, P2.40, P2.84 and P2.89 from the textbook. Solutions

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4

 

HW4: Problems P2.109 and P2.139 from the textbook and this set of problems HW4 Solutions

Feb 12

5

 

HW5 Solutions

Feb 19

6

 

HW6: Problems P3.34, P3.68, P3.57, P3.110, P3.115, P3.117, P3.41, P3.165. Solutions

Mar 4

7

 

HW7: P4.9, P4.27, P4.29, P4.37, P4.34, P4.36. Solutions

Mar 11

***RECOMMENDED Problems (not to be graded):  P3.114, P3.44, P4.95. Solutions