STEP II:         Mechanical Engineering Program

COURSE #: ME 330

COURSE TITLE: Thermal and Fluid Sciences II

TERMS OFFERED: Fall, Winter

PREREQUISITES: ME 230: Thermal and Fluid Sciences I;
ME 240: Intorduction to Dynamics and Vibrations; MA 216: Introduction to Differential Equations.

TEXTBOOKS/REQUIRED MATERIAL:

A Brief Introduction to Fluid Mechanics by Young, Munson, and Okiishi.

COGNIZANT FACULTY: V. Sick

DATE OF PREPARATION: 10/23/00

COURSE LEADER(S): V. Sick

SCIENCE/DESIGN:

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Fluid statics. Control volume analysis: mass, momentum, energy. Bernoulli equation. Dimensional analysis; similarity in fluid dynamics and convective heat transfer. Simple viscous flows with heat transfer. Internal and external flows with heat transfer; boundary layers, skin friction, heat transfer coefficient, heat exchangers, lift, drag, correlations, introduction to computational approaches.

 

 

 

 

COURSE TOPICS:

  1. Fluid concepts, properties, and statics.
  2. Control volume analysis.
  3. Bernoulli equation.
  4. Similarity and dimensional analysis.
  5. Internal flows with and without heat transfer.
  6. Heat transfer and friction coefficients.
  7. Boundary layer concepts.
  8. External flows with and without heat transfer.
  9. Applications to environmental concerns.

Optional topics:

  1. Heat exchangers.
  2. Free convection & boiling.
  3. Introduction to CFD software.

 

 

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES*

 

 

(numbers shown in brackets are links to department educational outcomes)

  1. To make students familiar with fundamental fluid flow concepts: flowlines, density, viscosity, pressure, shear stress, buoyancy, free and forced convection, laminar and turbulent flow [1, 3, 5, 9].
  2. To teach how force is transferred in fluid statics [1, 3, 5].
  3. To teach conservation of momentum with a control volume and revisit the use of the control volume formulation of the conservation laws for mass and energy [1, 3, 5, 9, 12].
  4. To teach the origins and limitations of the common form of the steady Bernoulli equation [1, 3, 5].
  5. To teach the importance and techniques of similarity and dimensional analysis in the study of fluid flow and convective heat transfer [1, 3, 5, 9].
  6. To teach the importance of boundary layer phenomena in flows of practical interest [1, 3, 5, 9].
  7. To teach evaluation of processes involving natural and forced convective heat transfer [1, 3, 5, 9].
  8. To teach the relation of thermal and fluid sciences to environmental concerns [1, 5, 6, 8, 10].

 

 

COURSE

OUTCOMES*

 

 

(numbers shown in brackets are links to course objectives)

  1. Evaluate the magnitude and direction of hydrostatic forces on planar and simple curved surfaces [1, 2].
  2. Given a complete set of steady or unsteady boundary conditions, construct an appropriate control volume and apply the conversation laws in both stationary and moving reference frames [1, 2, 3, 4].
  3. Given a fluid flow situation, know when appropriate to use ideal flow concepts and how to properly employ the Bernoulli equation to determine flow speeds or pressures [1, 3, 4].
  4. Ability to determine and evaluate the dimensionless groups and their likely functional relationship from a given list of parameters for combined heat-transfer fluid flow situations [1, 5].
  5. For simple pipe systems given the geometry, flow rate and thermal boundary conditions, determine the necessary driving pressure, pumping power, local fluid temperature, and heat transfer rate [1, 3, 5, 7].
  6. For external flow around simple objects and through heat exchangers given the geometry, flow rate and thermal boundary conditions; compute the heat transfer rate and surface temperature [1, 3, 5, 6, 7].
  7. Compute the required power input needed to achieve a specified steady-state speed for a self-propelled object based on an evaluation of aerodynamic forces [1, 3, 4, 5, 6].
  8. An understanding of how thermal and fluid sciences impact environmental concerns [8].

ASSESSMENT TOOLS
  1. Regular homework problems.
  2. Exams.

*The ABET99 Group suggests up to 6 objectives and 1-3 outcomes per objective.