Guia docente 2020_21
Escola de Enxeñaría de Minas e Enerxía
Degree in Energy Engineering
 Subjects
  Fluid mechanics
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
I. FLUIDS FUNDAMENTALS 1. Shear stress
2. Continuum hypothesis
3. Fluid's characteristics
4. Viscosity
5. Forces on a fluid
II. GENERAL STUDY ABOUT FLUID FLOW 1. Velocity field
2. Stream lines
3. Flow types
4. Sytem and control volume definition
5. Reynolds transport theorem
6. Continuity equation
7. Momentum equation
8. Navier-poisson law
9. Energy equation
III. DIMENSIONLESS ANALYSIS AND SIMILARITY IN FLUID DYNAMICS 1. Dimensionless magnitudes
2. Basics on dimensionless analysis
3. Buckingham's Pi theorem
4. Important non-dimensional groups in Fluid Mechanics
5. Similarity
IV. LAMINAR FLOW 1. Introduction
2. One-directional, steady laminar flow of liquids
3. Finite pipe length effect
4. Head loss in laminar flow
5. Laminar flow stability
V. TURBULENT FLOW 1. Introduction
2. Head loss in turbulent flow
3. Empirical formulae for flow through pipes
VI. FLOW OF LIQUID THROUGH VARIABLE CROSS-SECTIONAL DUCTS 1. Introduction
2. Secondary losses
3. Pump-pipe system coupling
4. Piping systems
5. Piping arrangement: series
6. Piping arrangement: parallel
7. Piping network
VII. OPEN-CHANNEL STEADY-FLOW 1. Introcuction
2. Free surface flow classification
3. Common geometries
4. Equations for uniform flow
5. Most efficient section design
6. Energy approach analysis
7. Generalized cross section
8. Energy analysis for sub-critical, transitional and supercritical
9. Head loss
10. Flow measurement
11. Momentum equation
12. Hydraulic jump
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