Fluid Mechanics – Study Materials

Textbook

"Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications" , Yunus A. Cengel and John M. Cimbala.

Based On

MAE 3420 - Fluid Mechanics.

Format

Closed book.
1 page hand written equation sheet is permitted.
Non-graphing Scientific Calculator allowed.

Advice

Study the following specific topic:

Viscosity
Surface tension
Hydro statics
Problems related to face and torque on gates submerged in water
Momentum balance within a control volume
Bernoulli Equation and its application for siphons
Similarity and dimensional analysis
Flow through and major/minor losses in pipes
How to use the Moody diagram
Navier-stokes equation and its exact solutions
Creeping flows
laminar and turbulent boundary-layers

Focus on the following chapters:

Chapter 2 Properties of fluids.
Chapter 3 Pressure and fluid statics.
Chapter 5 Bernoulli and energy equations.
Chapter 6 Momentum analysis of flow systems.
Chapter 7 Dimensional analysis and modeling.
Chapter 8 Internal flow.
Chapter 9 Differential analysis of fluid flow.
Chapter 10 Approximate solutions of the Navier-Stokes equation.

Suggested math review

Symbolic manipulation.
Vector/tensor algebra.
Vector calculus (e.g., gradient, divergence, curl).
Material derivative.
Line integrals, with emphasis on computation of surface forces.

You are not expected to memorize formulas.