UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

AME 60635: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (Fall, 2013)
138 de Bartolo
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 3:30 PM 4:20 PM
Instructor
Mihir Sen
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
368 Fitzpatrick Hall
Phone: 574-631-5975
Email: Mihir.Sen.1@nd.edu
Instructor website: http://www.nd.edu/~msen/
Course website: http://www.nd.edu/~msen/Teaching/IntFM
Recitation: Thursdays, 5:006:00 PM, Room 356A Fitzpatrick
TAs
Michael Arthur (B021 Hessert, marthur@nd.edu)
Arman Mirhashemi (B024 Hessert, amirhash@nd.edu)
Office hours: By appointment.
Emails: E-mailed questions will be answered during the week as quickly as possible, but this cannot be
guaranteed during the weekends. Please use e-mail to set up appointments.
Course textbook
Fluid Mechanics, 5th Ed. by P.K. Kundu, I.M. Cohen and D.R. Dowling, Academic Press, Waltham, MA, 2012,
ISBN 978-0-12-382100-3.
Additional resources

Incompressible Flow, R.L. Panton, 3rd Edition, Wiley, 2005.

Fundamental Mechanics of Fluids, I.G. Currie, 4th Edition, CRC Press, 2012.
Viscous Flow Theory, F.M. White, 3rd Edition, 2005.
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, B.R. Munson, A.P. Rothmayer, T.H. Okiishi, W.W. Huebsch, Wiley,
7 edition, 2012.
Final exam: Thursday, December 19, 4:15 PM 6:15 PM
Catalog description: Prerequisite None. Derivation of governing equations of mass, momentum, and energy for a
viscous, compressible fluid; general survey of vortex dynamics, potential flow, viscous flow, and compressible
flow.
Course content: This course is intended to give the student a broad understanding of fluid mechanics. The
student will get an appreciation of how the interplay of mass, momentum, energy, and state equations determine
velocity, pressure, density, and temperature fields and how such knowledge can be used in simple engineering
applications. The material is appropriate for seniors and first-year graduate students who have had a first course in
fluid mechanics.
Advance reading: You will be assigned sections from the textbook ahead of class that you are expected to read.
This will enable more class time to be devoted to discussion, interaction with students, and solving problems. Not
all topics will be covered in class in detail, and without the reading you may have difficulty following the class.

Homework: Homework will be assigned weekly and should be handed in on time. Late homework will receive
reduced credit. The TAs will handle everything related to the homework.
Reviews: Two short, critical reviews of works from the literature will be required.
Exams: Two mid-term exams will be given during the semester, as well as a final exam. Books, notes, cell
phones and other electronic devices (except calculators) are prohibited during exams.
Honesty: You are all expected to follow the Academic Honor Code of the University (http://honorcode.nd.edu),
which states, As a member of the Notre Dame community, I will not participate in or tolerate academic
dishonesty. Copying or cheating on exams is dishonest and will not be tolerated. It is appropriate for students to
discuss the approach to the solution of assigned homework problems with others; this is a legitimate means to
gain understanding of the subject matter and is encouraged. However, the work turned in by each student should
be original.
Grade weightage: Homework (15%), reviews (5%), two mid-term exams (20% each), final exam (40%).
Lecture capture pilot: This semester Notre Dame is piloting multiple lecture capture systems which will allow
the recording and distribution of lectures and other audio and video recordings in a secure environment. AME
60635 will be recorded for sharing with students and faculty of a similar course given in the Pontificia
Universidad Catlica in Santiago, Chile. Only they, and our support staffs, will have access to this material, and it
will be shared with no one else without your express permission. Since we will record in the classroom, your
questions or comments may be recorded. Video recordings will typically only capture the front of the classroom.
If you have any concerns about your voice or image being recorded, please speak to me to find an alternative
means of participating. These recordings are jointly copyrighted by the University of Notre Dame and your
instructor. Posting them to another website, including YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, or any other site without
express, written permission may result in disciplinary action and possible civil prosecution.