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ISTANBUL GELİŞİM UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SYSTEM

FLUIDS MECHANICS COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
UCK206E FLUIDS MECHANICS 4 4 4 5

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - Introduction: Fluids and their applications, no-slip condition, classification of fluid flows. -
2 - Fluid properties: Density, viscosity, vapor pressure, surface tension -
3 - Pressure and fluid statics: Manometer and barometer, hydrostatic forces on flat submerged surfaces -
4 - Hydrostatic forces on curved submerged surfaces, buoyancy and stability, Rigid body motion of fluids -
5 - Fluid kinematics: Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions, flow visualization -
6 - Conservation of mass, Bernoulli and Energy equations -
7 - Dimensional analysis and modeling: Dimensional homogeneity, dimensional analysis -
8 - Pipe flows, laminar and turbulent flow in pipes -
9 - Pipe flows (Continued), Differential analysis, continuity and Navier-Stokes equations -
10 - MID-TERM EXAM -
11 - Approximate solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equations, Creeping and Potential flows -
12 - Boundary-Layer flows -
13 - External flows, Drag -
14 - External flows, Lift -
15 - Introduction to turbomachinery -
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -