Readings

The textbook for the course is [White] = Buy at Amazon White, Frank M. Fluid Mechanics. 7th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN: 9780077422417.

LEC # READINGS TOPICS
1–4 [White] Chapter 1: "Introduction."
  • Viscosity and Other Secondary Properties
    • Surface Tension
[White] Chapter 2: "Pressure Distribution in a Fluid."
  • Pressure and Pressure Gradient
  • Equilibrium of a Fluid Element
  • Hydrostatic Pressure Distributions
  • Application to Manometry
  • Hydrostatic Forces on Plane Surfaces
  • Hydrostatic Forces on Curved Surfaces
  • Hydrostatic Forces in Layered Fluids
  • Buoyancy and Stability
  • Pressure Distribution in a Rigid-Body Motion
  • Pressure Measurement
5–10 [White] Chapter 3: "Integral Relations for a Control Volume."
  • Basic Physical Laws of Fluid Mechanics
  • The Reynolds Transport Theorem
  • Conservation of Mass
  • The Linear Momentum Equation
  • Frictionless Flow: The Bernoulli Equation
  • The Angular Momentum Theorem
  • The Energy Equations
11–12 No reading assignment