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Hydromechanics

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 338-0008/03
Abbreviation Hydro
Course title Hydromechanics
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Hydromechanics and Hydraulic Equipment
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Sylva Drábková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic concepts of fluid mechanics, physical properties of fluids.
2. Pressure and pressure forces the liquid at rest, Euler's equation of hydrostatics, Pascal law and its application.
3. Compressive strength of flat and curved surfaces, floatation, Archimedes' law.
4. Fuids in relative calm.
5. Introduction to fluid flow, continuity equation and Bernoulli's equation for ideal fluid flow.
6. Flow of real fluids, the Navier-Stokes equations, Bernoulli's equation, liquid in a gravitational field.
7. Measurement of pressure and flow in pipes.
8. Steady flow in pipes, laminar flow in a narrow slit, laminar and turbulent flow in pipes of circular cross section.
9. Hydraulic friction and local resistance, the calculation of hydraulic pipes, characteristic lines, the graphic solution.
10. flow throuhg orifice, the liquid discharge through large rectangular hole in side wall of the container, emptying of containers.
11. Unsteady flow of an incompressible fluid pipeline, hydraulic shock.
12. Bernouliho equation for the rotating channel centrifugal pump characteristic pumping system.
13. Force effects of flowing liquids on surfaces and body, body wrap.
14. Flow in open channels, the physical similarity.

Literature

DRABKOVA, S.: Fluid Mechanics_Lectures
AL-SHEMMERI, T.T.:Engineering Fluid Mechanics Solution Manual, available at http://bookboon.com/en/engineering-fluid-mechanics-solution-manual-ebook
FOX, R.W., MC DONALD, A.T.: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, J. Wiley & sons, New York, 1994

Advised literature

RODI, W., FUEYO, N.: Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Experiments 5. Oxford. Elsevier Science Ltd. Oxford, 2002.
MUNSON, B.R., YOUNG, D.F., OKIISHI, T.H.: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics. March: Wiley Text Books, 2002. ISBN 047144250X 
STREETER, V.L.: Fluid Mechanics, Mc Graw-Hill, New York, 1971
WHITE, F.M.: Fluid Mechanics, Mc Graw-Hill, New York, 1986
ASWATHA NARAYANA, P.A., SEETHARAMU, K.N.: Engineering Fluid Mechanics. Alpha Asience International Ltd., Harrow, U.K., 2005