General Course Information:

ME 335 Fluid Flow

Fall 2015
Tue Thu
8:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Room: NSRIC 1131 Sorry rooms are in short supply near Black
Instructor Information:
Daniel Attinger
Black Engineering 2036
E-mail: Attinger@iastate.edu
Prerequisite: CREDIT OR ENROLLMENT IN M E 332, E M 345, MATH 266 or
MATH 267. NOTE: COURSE RESTRICTED TO M E MAJORS ONLY
It is the policy of the Department of Mechanical Engineering to expect that
students enrolled in this course have satisfied all of the courses prerequisite
requirements. If it is discovered that a student has not met these requirements,
he/she will automatically receive a final course grade of F, regardless of course
performance. In such cases, students are strongly encouraged to meet with
advising staff to promptly drop the course and make alternative scheduling
arrangements.
Required textbook: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, by Munson, Okiishi et
al., Wiley ed., ISBN 9781118116135, $154.99
Note that 7th edition is recommended, but editions 5th and 6th are fine too.
Homework problems will be mostly based on the latest edition and a
scan of the problem statements is available on Blackboard in the
Homework section.
Lecture notes taken by a very good student in my 2012 class are available in
Blackboard>Course_Content. Note that the order of the chapters, the textbook
(we used Fox and McDonalds at the time) and the depth with which some topics
are handled, might be different from year to year.
Online recordings: I plan to teach most of my lectures using annotated pdfs
and the beamer. The pdfs will be uploaded on Blackboard>Course Content. We
try to record all lectures with the Panopto software, without guarantee because
technical problems sometimes happen.
Course Description: Incompressible and compressible fluid flow fundamentals.
Dimensional analysis and similitude. Internal and external flow applications. Lab
experiments emphasizing concepts in thermodynamics and fluid flow.
Course Objectives (with corresponding textbook chapters)
TOPIC
Book Chapters

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Introduction: definitions, reminder Chapter 1

mathematical
concepts
and
properties of gases and liquids
Hydrostatics: Pressure, forces and Chapter 2, excluding 2.12
mechanical moments of bodies in a
fluid. Stability of floating objects.
The Bernoulli equation: the simplest Chapter 3
and most (mis)used equation for fluid
flow
Integral equations for fluid flow: flow
rates, mass conservation and forces
on a control volume.
Dimensional analysis for fluid flow:
find out about what the Reynolds and
Weber number mean.
Differential relations for fluid flow,
including the nasty Navier-Stokes
equation
Internal incompressible viscous flow,
flow in pipes, pumps and turbines

Chapter 5, excluding 5.3 and 5.4

Chapter 7
Chapter 4 and 6, excluding 6.5 to 6.8
Chapter 8

Recommended lectures: The Feynman Lectures, Vol. II, Sections 40, 41

(Addison Wesley), on Blackboard, by Richard Feynman, Nobel laureate
Office hours (for the coursework and homework):
One or two hours every weekday, TBD
Recitations: (1 hour TBD)
The recitation consists of 1 hour where the TA explains one selected problem and
the related theory on the blackboard (20-30minutes). Then the TA help the
students do the remaining of the homework.
Homework: Assignment per Blackboard, due date at least one week after
assignment. Late homework assignments will not be graded.
Grading policy: Laboratory (20%) + Quiz 1 (15%) + Quiz 2 (25%) + Final Exam
(35%) + Weekly Homework (5%).
Homework count only 5% to encourage students to work independently
and focus more on the process of solving problems than on obtaining perfect
solutions.
Course outcomes:

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Apply the physical principles of mass, momentum and energy balance

using integral and differential methods as appropriate to model and solve
specific fluid flow problems in hydrostatics, internal flow, and external flow.
Analyze demonstrations and/or perform experiments to understand
different fluid flow regimes and measurement techniques.
Utilize a variety of tools to solve elementary fluid flow problems, including
pre-existing analytical solutions, empirical correlations, computational fluid
dynamics, and dimensional analysis.

Important notes on grading:

Make-up exams will only be given for medical or unavoidable personal
reasons. A letter from the doctor/health center official is necessary in the
case of medical reasons for absence. Endorsement from the Dean's office
may be required for absence due to personal reasons.
Disability and Accommodations:
If you have a disability and require accommodations, please first meet with staff
in Student Disability Resources (SDR) to establish eligibility, and then contact me
with the documentation provided by SDR as soon as possible and no later than
the end of the first week of classes (or as soon as you become aware), so that
your learning needs may be appropriately met.
You
find
SDR
contact
and
additional
info
at
https://wwwdso.sws.iastate.edu/dr/staff/syllabus-statement . No retroactive accommodations
will be provided in this class.
TA's contact information:
Sahar Andalib (Lead course TA) sandalib@iastate.edu
for lab TAs, see the dedicated website
Lab information:
The laboratory is in 1119 Black, and starts from Sept 8, 2015. Additional
information on the organization of the labs will be available on the specific
Blackboard site ME 365L.
Specials:
Students with a 335 grade among the top 10% are invited to do an
undergraduate research project in my lab. The last lecture of the semester can
be based on a topic of your choice.

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Classroom Activity and Conduct:

Welcome! My conviction is that classroom conduct should be based on mutual
respect. Towards that goal, the following expectations are explicitly written to
avoid any possible confusion.

Please attend the classes. You are expected to attend all classes. I like to
bring ideas and examples that are not in the book.
You are expected to be in the classroom at the start of the class period
and stay until the end of the period. If for unavoidable reasons you are
occasionally unable to adhere to the class times, please ask me first and
enter or leave the classroom as quietly as you can.
During the class period it is my policy that only one person may speak at a
time. If you wish to ask a question or raise an issue you ask for it by
raising your hand. When the lecture is in progress you are expected to
maintain silence so everyone can listen and take notes.
Consumption of food and/or drink during the class period is discouraged
because it disrupts the atmosphere necessary for learning in the
classroom.
No e-cigarettes in class because it is distracting to others.
Do not feel bad if I do not recognize you on campus. I belong to the 5% of
people who have hard time remembering faces.
Do tell me how to improve. I belong to those people who like to try new
things.
Please keep your electronic devices silent during the class.
If you wish to read the newspaper, browse the web or send text messages
when the class is in session, I will ask you to do it outside of the
classroom.
Cheating will be, and has been prosecuted to the full extent of the ISU
policies on academic dishonesty. Remember that most cheaters get
caught eventually. Also, cheating lowers self-esteem and corrupts the
soul.
Please call me Professor or Dr. Attinger. It is a way to pay respect to
noble process of learning and teaching.
Any special problems/scheduling/requests: meet me in class or during
office hours.
Email may not get an immediate response. Please plan accordingly.
Students are expected to review the material covered in lecture after
class, complete assigned homework and review homework solutions.

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Example of requirements for a former final (comprehensive exam):

Content is related to all the homework problems and all class content. There will
be at least one problem similar to one of the homework problems, and probably
some theory questions. I will briefly review the material in the class of Tuesday
April 30.
Viksit who is a TA for the class will also review the material in his own fashion in
the class of Thursday May 2.
Content corresponds to Chapter 1 to 8 (inclusive) of the textbook, except the
following sections that you can safely leave out:
1.7
2.12,
5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.3, 5.4
6.5, 6.6, 6.7
Among the important equations that you need to understand and be able to
apply, are:
1.9,
2.4, 2.7, 2.18,, 2.19, 2.20 , 2.22,
4.22
5.5, 5.22, 5.25, 5.29 , 3.7, 3.10b
6.27, 6.51a-c, 5.43, 6.2, 6.2, 6.127a-c, and the equations in the handout with the
Navier-Stokes equations (Handouts/equations of motion Navier Stokes fox.pdf)
dimensionless numbers equations in section 7.11
5.89, 8.33, 8.32
I encourage you to use what I call a "cheatsheet". This time you are allowed to
use a maximum of two sheets, letter-size format, i.e. a maximum of 4 pages. You
will also need to bring the sheet printed from the Blackboard website with the
Navier-Stokes equations . The cheatsheet is the place to write the formulas and
definitions you consider most important.
The use of the textbook or homework solutions (or their reproduction on e.g the
cheatsheet) is not allowed. As you know we randomly screen cheatsheets.
Cheating will be prosecuted as mentioned in our syllabus.
Daniel Attinger

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