Course: Fluid Mechanics

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Course title Fluid Mechanics
Course code KEZ/MT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Šimurda David, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Vestfálová Magda, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Dančová Petra, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Novotný Petr, Ing. CSc.
Course content
1. Hydrostatics - equilibrium of liquids, Pascal's law, absolute and relative equilibrium of liquids. 2. Euler's equation of hydrostatics, application of the equation of hydrostatics, Archimedes' law, surface tension, capillary phenomena, resultant force and its area of action on a plane inclined wall. 3. Pressure forces on curved walls, basic state properties. 4. Relative equilibrium of liquids - rectilinear, uniformly accelerated movement in a straight direction, rotation around a vertical axis. Properties of fluids - temperature, density, enthalpy, internal energy, entropy, compressibility, expansivity, vapor tension. 5. Hydrodynamics of inviscid fluids - Lagrange and Euler's method, continuity equation, Euler's hydrodynamic equation, momentum theorem, energy and Bernoulli's equation. 6. Examples of the use of continuity equation and Bernoulli's equation, Pittot, Prandtl and Venturi tubes. 7. Outflow from containers through a connected tube, outflow through a large opening, unsteady flow. 8. Dynamic effects of a fluid stream - the force effect of a fluid stream on a standing and moving plate and on a pipe section. 9. Hydrodynamics of viscous fluids - viscosity, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, laminar and turbulent flow, Navier-Stokes equation, conventional, thrust and momentum boundary layer thickness. 10. Flow with losses, frictional and local losses, hydraulic calculation of pipelines. 11. Laminar flow - tube of circular cross-section, parallel plates, flow down the wall. Turbulent flow - emergence of turbulence, characteristics of turbulent flow. 12. The flowing around bodies - resistance of bodies, buoyancy. 13. Compressible fluid flow - speed of sound, compressibility, Mach number. Standing and moving sound source. Difference between supersonic and subsonic flow. Continuity equation, motion and energy. Law of entropy. 14. Isoentropic flow through nozzles - development of flow in nozzles, critical pressure ratio and quantities in the critical cross-section. Basic nozzle design.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Lecture, Practicum
  • Class attendance - 56 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The basic properties of liquids, the hydrostatics, the relativ equilibrium, the hydrodynamics of viscous and inviscid incompressible fluid, the laminar and turbulent flow, the hydraulic losses, the flow of gases and steam, the dynamics effects of the fluid stream, the devices to transport and compression of fluid.
Basic knowledge of the flow of incompressible and compressible fluids.
Prerequisites
It advances in the Mathematics, Physics, Thermodynamics and heat transfer.

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined examination

Credit: maximum 20% excused absence with substitute processing of the missing substance, successful completion of tests. Exam: demonstration of knowledge of the discussed topics, the condition for participation in the exam is to obtain a credit.
Recommended literature
  • Adamec, J., Lísal, M., Varádiová, B.:. Mechanika tekutin, sbírka příkladů. Praha, 1996.
  • Drábková Sylva a kol. Mechanika tekutin - učební texty. Ostrava, 2007. ISBN 978-80-248-1508-4.
  • FOX, Robert W. a Alan T. MCDONALD. Introduction to fluid mechanics. Fourth edition.. New York: John Wiley, 1992. ISBN 0-471-54852-9.
  • GRANGER, Robert Alan. Fluid mechanics. New York: Dover, 1995. ISBN 0-486-68356-7.
  • Ježek, J., Varádiová, B., Adamec, J.:. Mechanika tekutin. Praha, 1997.
  • Ježek, J., Varádiová,:. Mechanika tekutin pro 5-leté obory. Praha, 1988.
  • Noskievič, a kol.:. Mechanika tekutin. Praha, 1987.


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