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Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 338-0330/01
Abbreviation ZMechTek
Course title Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
Credits 4
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 liquids
2 Pressure and pressure forces, the liquid at rest, Euler's equation of hydrostatics, constant pressure levels, Pascal's law
3 Pressure force acting on flat and curved submerged surfaces, Archimedes law,
fluids in moving container
4 Introduction to fluid flow, continuity equation and Bernoulli's equation for ideal fluid flow
5 Application of Bernoulli's equation for the flow of an ideal fluid, measurement of pressure and flow in pipes
6 Real fluid flow, Navier-Stokes equation, Bernoulli's equation for an incompressible viscous fluid in a gravity field, Bernoulli's equation for a compressible fluid
7 Steady flow in pipes, laminar and turbulent flow in pipes of circular cross section
8 Hydraulic resistances by friction and local loss, hydraulic calculation of pipelines, characteristics of pipelines
9 Bernoulli equation for the rotating channel, centrifugal pump, pump characteristic curves, pump in the piping system
10 Liquid outflow from a small orifice, emptying of containers, the liquid discharge through large rectangular hole in the side wall of the container
11 Unsteady flow of incompressible and compressible liquid through a pipe, hydraulic shock
12 Theorem about change of momentum and its application
13 Force effects of flowing fluid on surfaces and bodies, flow around submerged bodies

Literature

HEWAKANDAMBY, B. N.: A First Course in Fluid Mechanics for Engineers. Available at http://bookboon.com/en/a-first-course-in-fluid-mechanics-for-engineers-ebook.

Advised literature

Al-SHEMMERI, T. T. Engineering Fluid Mechanics. dostupné na https://home.czu.cz/storage/52485_engineering-fluid-mechanics.pdf