MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Engineering Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

MEE3361

Fluid mechanics

D R Honnery

4 points + 39 lecture hours, 13 tutorial/laboratory hours + First semester + Caulfield + Prerequisites: MEE2382

Objectives To build on the student's understanding of fluid mechanics with particular emphasis given to the theoretical representation of fluid flow.

Synopsis Translation and rotation of fluid masses. Pi theorem and non-dimensional quantities. Mathematical representation of fluid motion, the Navier-Stokes equations. Drag and lift, drag of bluff and streamlined bodies, lift and circulation, boundary layers. Reynolds stresses, flow in pipes and ducts.

Assessment Examination (3 hours): 60% + Assignments, test: 40%

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