The course of Fluid Mechanics represents a basic course in any enginerring degree. The main target, concerning students of energy engineering and mining and energy resources, is to acquire the knowledge and needed tools to know how to analyze and understand fluid problems of different types, supporting other later and advenced courses, centered in the dynamic fluids, both basic and oriented to real problems in the field of engineering. The development of generic skills and competences such as teamwork and autonomous learning is also encouraged.
Fluid Mechanics describes the relevant physical phenomena of fluid motion, describing the general equations of such motions. This knowledge provides the basic principles needed to analyze any system concerning liquids and gases. The field of application of Fluid Mechanics is very wide: transport of fluids in pipelines, aeronautics, engines, ships, biological flows, aerodynamics, etc. The principles of Fluid Mechanics are necessary for fields so diverse as:
- Design of hydraulic machinery.
- Lubrication.
- A/C and ventilation systems.
- Design of pipelines.
- Transport sector: transmission, air conditioning, exhaust system, aerodynamics and hydrodynamics, cooling, etc.
- Aerodynamics of structures and buildings
- Conventional and renewable thermal and fluid power plants
