ENG580 - Applied Fluid Mechanics

This unit deals with the analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of complex fluid mechanics equipment and machinery. It covers both incompressible and compressible aerodynamics: high speed flow of an ideal gas in pipe with friction and heat transfer; normal shock waves; the characteristics of subsonic and supersonic flow; and application of fluid momentum principle to the analysis of Turbomachinery. Incompressible aerodynamics includes the boundary layer theory; flow separated, lift and drag on bodies. Compressible flow of ideal gas includes isentropic flow; normal shock waves; flow through a convergence-divergence nozzle; Rayleigh flow; Fanno flow; Prandtl-Meyer flow and unsteady shock waves. Turbomachines dealt with include centrifugal pumps; axial-flow pumps and fans. Students will calculate and analyze the interaction forces between the body of objects and the fluid flow.

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