To develop your understanding of the basic principles of fluid mechanics: you will demonstrate an ability to recognize the type of fluid flow that is occurring in a particular physical system. You will have an ability to choose the appropriate fluid mechanical principles needed to analyze fluid-flow situations.

To develop your skills in analyzing fluid flows through the proper use of modeling and the application of basic fluid-flow principles: You will demonstrate an ability to apply appropriate simplifying assumptions and basic fluid-flow principles to formulate a mathematical description of a simple fluid-flow system. You will have an ability to solve and analyze the mathematical equations for a simple fluid flow system.

To study specific knowledge regarding fluid-flow phenomena observed in mechanical engineering systems, such as flow in a pipe, boundary-layer flows, drag, etc: You will be able to recognize basic flow phenomena that are present in a typical engineering system. You will have knowledge of important practical results in common fluid flows and their physical implications.

To demonstrate your capacity to design an engineering related to fluid mechanics. You will have the ability to solve engineering problems related to fluid mechanics.

Fluid statics: Pressure distribution in a fluid. Manometry. Force on plane and curved submerged surfaces. Buoyancy.

Fluid flow fields: Eulerian vs. Lagrangian descriptions. Velocity fields. Flow lines. Acceleration fields.

Control-volume analysis: Reynolds transport theorem. Mass balance. Momentum balance. Energy balance. Bernoulli's equation.

Local analysis: Kinematics. The stream function. Derivation of continuity and Navier-Stokes equations. Simple viscous-flow solutions.

Similitude: Dimensional analysis. Buckingham Pi theorem. Dimensionless groups. Modeling.

Pipe flow: Entry region. Fully developed flow. Laminar and turbulent flow. Colebrook formula. Minor losses.

External flows: Laminar and turbulent boundary layers. Flow transition. Separation. Drag.