Course Information
Course title
Semester
Department
Instructor
Administrative Curriculum
Number
Teaching Curriculum Number
FUNDAMENTAL OF FLUID DYNAMICS
101-2
Institute of Applied Mechanics
U. Lei
543EM6110
AM7097
Class
Credits
3
Full/Half Yr.
Half Yr.
Required/Elective
Required
Time
Remarks
Wed34 Fri5
The upper limit of the number of students:
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Table of Core Capabilities and
Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
Course Description
Course contents:
(1) Introduction (6 hours)
(2) Physical and mathematical formulations of fluid mechanics (11
hours)
(3) Some exact solutions for illustrating various terms of the
equations (7 hours)
(4) The flow physics from small to large Reynolds numbers (2
hours)
(5) Low Reynolds number flows (5 hours)
(6) Potential flows (8 hours)
(7) Laminar boundary layer theory (6 hours)
(8) General discussion on other topics in fluid mechanics (4 hours)
The contents of the course are similar to those of the fluid
mechanics courses for the first year graduate students of most
universities throughout the world.
Course Objective
The course aims to provide students a solid background of fluid
mechanics required for related research works.
Course Requirement
Office Hours
The students who take this course for credits should have certain
knowledges on undergraduate fluid mechanics, vector calculus, and
differential equations.
Wed 12:20~14:00
Fri 10:20~12:00
(1) Batchelor, G. K., “An introduction to fluid mechanics,＂
Cambridge University Press, 1967.
(2) Currie, I. G., “Fundamental mechanics of fluids,＂ McGraw-Hill,
1974.
(3) Landau, L. D. and Lifshitz, E. M., “Fluid Mechanics,＂ Pergamon,
References
Press, 1959.
(4) Ligget, J. A., “Fluid mechanics,＂ McGraw-Hill, 1994.
(5) Panton, R. L., “Incompressible flow,＂ Wiley, 1984.
(6) Schlichting, H., “Boundary layer theory,＂ Seventh edition,
McGraw-Hill, 1979.
(7) Sherman, F. S., “Viscous flow,＂ McGraw-Hill, 1990.
(8) Tritton, D. J., “Physical fluid dynamics,＂ 2nd ed., Clarendon,
Oxford, 1988.
(9) White, F. M., “Viscous fluid flow,＂ Second edition, McGraw-Hill,
1991.
(10) Yih, Chia-Shun, “Fluid Mechanics,＂ West River Press, 1977.
(11) Illustrated experiments in fluid mechanics – The NCFMF book of
film notes.
The lecture notes by Professor U. Lei (李 雨), which can be download
Designated reading
through the use of the IE explorer by typing
"ftp://ftp.iam.ntu.edu.tw". You will see many folders on the screen.
Choose the folder named "Fluid Mechanics (Spring 2013)", and
open it with
login: fluid
password: fluid
No.
Grading
Item
%
Explanations for the conditions
1. Homework
30 Homework
2. Mid-term exam
35 Topics (1) - (3) of the course contents
3. Final exam
35 Topics (4) - (8) of the course contents
4.
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
2/20,2/22 Introduction
Week 2
2/27,3/01 Introduction
Week 3
3/06,3/08 Physical and mathematical formulations of fluid mechanics
Week 4
3/13,3/15 Physical and mathematical formulations of fluid mechanics
Week 5
3/20,3/22 Physical and mathematical formulations of fluid mechanics
Week 6
3/27,3/29 Some exact solutions for illustrating various terms of the equations
Week 7
4/03,4/05 Some exact solutions for illustrating various terms of the equations
Week 8
4/10,4/12 Some exact solutions for illustrating various terms of the equations
Week 9
4/17,4/19 The flow physics from small to large Reynolds numbers
Week 10
4/24,4/26 Low Reynolds number flows
Week 11
5/01,5/03 Low Reynolds number flows
Week 12
5/08,5/10 Potential flows
Week 13
5/15,5/17 Potential flows
Week 14
5/22,5/24 Potential flows
Week 15
5/29,5/31 Laminar boundary layer theory
Week 16
6/05,6/07 Laminar boundary layer theory
Week 17
6/12,6/14 General discussion on other topics in fluid mechanics