MAE 210a. Fluid Mechanics I (4)

(Cross-listed with CENG 210a)

Spring 2007

This course covers basic conservation laws, flow kinematics, the Navier-Stokes equations and some of its exact solutions, non-dimensional parameters and different flow regimes, and vorticity dynamics.

Instructor:

• Prof. Daniel M. Tartakovsky, Office: EBU II, Room 577, E-mail: dmt@ucsd.edu

Teaching Assistant:

• Ilenia Battiato, Office: EBU I, Room 2207, E-mail: ibattiat@ucsd.edu

Lectures:

• 11:00am - 12:20pm, Tues and Thus, WLH 2204

Office Hours:

• Tues 4:30-5:30pm, Thus, 4:30-6:30pm, and by appointment

Academic prerequisites:

• MAE 101A-B and MAE 110A or consent of instructor

Prerequisites by topic:

• Elementary mechanics,
• Differential calculus,
• Elementary ordinary and partial differential equations

Textbook:

• P. K. Kundu and I. M. Cohen, Fluid Mechanics, 3rd Edition, Elsevier, ISBN: 0-12-178253-0

Course grade:

• The final course grade will be based on the homework (10%), the mid-term exam (40%), and the final exam (50%)
• The date of the midterm exam: 11:00am-12:20pm, Tue, November 6, 2007 (Solution)
• The date of the final exam: 11:30am-2:30pm, Wed, December 12, 2007

Homework assignments:

Homework 0 Due date: Tue, October 9, 2007 (Solution)

Homework 1 due date: Thus, October 18, 2007 (Solution)

Homework 2 due date: Tue, November 20, 2007 (Solution)

Homework 3 due date: Tue, December 4, 2007 (Solution)