ME/ENCE 2342 – Fluid Mechanics

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

·        Final Exam:  Monday, Dec. 4, 3 – 6 p.m. in 101 Junkins.  The exam is open book and open notes, but you cannot use the homework answers downloaded from this website.  The exam is comprehensive.  Remember to bring your own paper, pencil, and calculator.


 

Course Description:  An introduction to the concept of a fluid and how to apply the laws of motion to both static and moving fluids.  Topics include static forces on submerged surfaces, Bernoulli’s equation, fluid motion in control volumes, differential equations of fluid motion, irrotational flow, similitude and dimensional analysis, flow in conduits, boundary layer theory, lift and drag.

 

Prerequisites: ME 2310, MATH 2339, PHYS 1303  [ME 2320 is highly encouraged]

Co-requisite:  MATH 2343

 

Instructor:         Paul S. Krueger, PhD

Office:              301G Embrey

Contact Info:    (214) 768-1296, pkrueger@engr.smu.edu

Office Hours:    W 10 – 11:30; Th 10 – 11, and by appointment

 

Lectures:          Tu, Th 3:30 – 4:50 p.m., 101 Junkins

 

Syllabus:  To view a PDF of the syllabus (including the lecture schedule), click here.

 


HOMEWORK

 

No.

Due

Problems

Answers (click to view)

1

Th, 8-24-06

1-13C, 1-15, 1-33, 2-8E, 2-32

PS1

2

Th, 8-31-06

2-53, 3-18, 3-29, 3-38E, 3-43, 3-64, 3-66

PS2

3

Th, 9-7-06

3-137, 3-141E, 3-85, 3-151, 4-3,

4-18

PS3

4

Th, 9-14-06

4-22C, 4-33, 5-4C, 5-8, 5-9E,

5-72E, 5-91

PS4

MT 1

Th, 9-21-06

 

 

5

Th, 9-28-06

5-28C, 5-33C, 5-40, 5-45, 5-55,

5-80, 5-81

PS5

6

Th, 10-5-06

6-17C, 6-25, 6-29E, 6-58, 6-67E,

7-9, 7-48

PS6

7

Th, 10-12-06

7-54, 7-41E, 7-42E, 7-78, 8-6C,

8-18C

PS7

8

Th, 10-19-06

8-32, 8-44, 8-50, 8-133

PS8

MT 2

Th, 10-26-06

 

 

9

Th, 11-2-06

8-58, 8-76E, 8-80, 9-8, 9-29, 9-30, 9-50E

PS9

10

Th, 11-9-06

9-82, 9-86, 4-97, 10-37C, 10-54, 10-62

PS10

11

Th, 11-16-06

Handout, 10-66C, 10-72,10-80,

10-95,10-96

PS11

12

Th, 12-1-06 (by 5:00 p.m.)

11-12C, 11-53, 11-57, 11-23,

11-30, 11-41, 11-69, 11-82, 11-86

PS12

 


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