CE 100 Elementary Fluid Mechanics

Fall 2009
Instructor: Prof. Tina Katopodes Chow

Lectures:

MWF 10-11am, 2 LeConte Hall

Office hours:  TBA, 621 Davis Hall
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Prerequisites: C30/Mechanical Engineering C85, 93 (may be taken concurrently).

Description: Fluid statics and dynamics, including laboratory experiments with technical reports. Fundamentals: integral and differential formulations of the conservation laws are solved in special cases such as boundary layers and pipe flow. Flow visualization and computation techniques are introduced using Matlab. Empirical equations are used for turbulent flows, drag, pumps, and open channels. Principles of empirical equations are also discussed: dimensional analysis, regression, and uncertainty.

Course syllabus: 

pdf file

Course textbook: 

Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 6th edition, by Munson, Young, Okiishi, Huebsch
Full course website:  bspace.berkeley.edu (for enrolled students)