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ME 3700 - Fluid Mechanics

Fall 2003

Class Information

Instructor: Eric Pardyjak
Office: Room 169 KEN
Phone: 585-6414
email: pardyjak@eng.utah.edu

Announcements

A Final Exam Review will be offered on Friday December 5 from 9-10:30am in EMCB 104.

As a result of this mornings snow storm, Exam 2 has been delayed until Tuesday December 2. All lab reports will now be due on Wednesday December 3. The Fluent Extra Credit is still due on Friday December 5.

I will be showing the Drag video in class tomorrow (necessary for completeing Prelab #6) and giving the lab lecture. (11/11/2003)

Up to date Calendar with all of the remaining important due dates for the rest of the semester (11/10/2003)

Note that the boundary layer video will not be shown in lab sections this week but, rather in class on Wednesday 11/6/2003.

The Moody diagram computer assignment is due on Friday 10/31/2003.

The conversions for Lab#3 are: 2*Volts = inches of H20 (for the pressure transducer) and 1 cm = 1 Volt (for the vertical distance measurement). (10/15/2003)

Grades are now posted on WebCT (10/7/2003)

Exam 1 question number 4 should be resubmitted for homework credit on Thursday 10/9/2003.

Handouts

Syllabus

Mathematics Review

Dimensions & units

Fluid Stresses

Control Volume Analysis

Exam 1 Equation Sheet

Differential forms of the conservation laws

External Flows

Exam 2 Equation Sheet

Matlab CFD 2D Heat Transfer Example

Introduction to Compressible Flow Notes

Final Exam Review

Final Exam Equation Sheet

Homework Assignments

Homework #1 (Due 8/29/2003): 1.13, 1.22, 1.28, 2.1 (1,2,5,8), 2.19, 2.22
Homework #2 (Due 9/8/2003): 2.30, 3.14, 3.29, 3.47, 3.56, 3.66, 3.72
Homework #3 (Due 9/16/2003): 6.3, 6.24, 6.40, 6.45, 4.10, 4.17, 4.40
Homework #4 (Due 9/24/2003): 4.22, 4.68, 4.72, 4.181 (extra credit), 4.185, 4.189
Homework #5.1 (Due 10/9/2003, 7:30am): Redo Exam 1 Question 4, Kinetic Energy Flux
Homework #5.2 (Due 10/14/2003): 5.4, 5.8, 5.42, 8.10, 8.15, 8.19
Homework #6 (Due 10/21/2003): 7.3, 7.7, 7.19, 7.28, 7.58, 7.67
Homework #7 (Due 10/31/2003): Moody Diagram Computer Assignment
Homework #8 (Due 11/7/2003): 9.7, 9.9, 9.10, 9.18, 9.30, 9.35
Homework #9 (Due 10/31/2003): Fluent Assignment and handout for running Fluent and Gambit
Suggested Problems Ch.9: 9.23, 9.26, 9.69, 9.71, 9.141
Suggested Problems Ch.11: 11.16, 11.26, 11.37, 12.5, 12.18

Homework Solutions

Homework #1: 1.13, 1.22, 1.28, 2.1, 2.19, 2.22

Homework #2: 2.30, 3.14, 3.29, 3.47, 3.56, 3.66 3.72

Homework #3: 6.3, 6.24, 6.40, 6.45, 4.10, 4.17 4.40

Homework #4: 4.22, 4.68, 4.72, 4.181, 4.185, 4.189

Homework #5.2: 5.4, 5.8, 5.42, 8.10, 8.15, 8.19

Homework #6: 7.3, 7.7, 7.19, 7.28, 7.58, 7.67

Homework #8: 9.7, 9.9, 9.10, 9.18, 9.30, 9.35

Suggested Problems ch.9: 9.23, 9.26, 9.69, 9.71, 9.141

Suggested Problems ch.11 and ch.12: 11.16, 11.26, 11.37, 12.5, 12.18

Laboratory Information

Note that all prelabs are due in the TAs mailbox (Room 2140) by 5pm Friday.

All lab reports are due one week from the day of the laborartory session at 5pm in the TAs mailbox.

 

TA

Lab Sections

Office Hours

Email

phone

Scott Miles

(2) Monday: 8:35-11:35 AM

(6) Wed.:11:50 AM-01:20 PM 

Friday 1-2 PM

scottamiles@hotmail.com

585-0947

Egen Wheeler

(11) Mon.: 11:50 AM-02:50 PM

(6) Wed.: 1:20 PM-02:50 PM 

Tues. 8:30 AM

egan_wheeler@hotmail.com

585-0947

Brooks Wade

(7) Wed.: 03:05 PM-06:05 PM 

(12) Thurs.: 12:25 PM-03:20 PM 

Tues.  Noon -1 PM

brooks.wait@utah.edu

585-0947

Jacob Kingston

(9) Thurs.: 06:00 PM-09:00 PM 

(10) Friday: 11:50 AM-02:50 PM 

Thurs. 10-11 AM

jokingston15@yahoo.com

 

 

Grader

email

Nilesh Bagal

nilz23@rediffmail.com

Vi Rapp

rapp@eng.utah.edu