A. Develop appreciation for
the beauty of fluid phenomena and understanding of the relationship
between the mathematics, the physics and the modeling of fluid
mechanics. [1-5,12]
B. Develop proficiency in the analysis of fluid systems with
mathematical modeling. [1-12]
C. Understand the application of fluid mechanics to engineering,
technology, biology, the environment, and other fluid phenomena.
[1-11,13]
D. Advance a professional approach to learning and application of fluid
mechanics to engineering analysis. [1,12,13]
1. Apply the mathematics of
vector and scalar fields with vector differential and integral calculus
to the development and to the interpretation of mathematical models of
fluid systems.
2. Calculate pressures within
static fluids, calculate forces and moments on flat surfaces within
static fluids, and calculate buoyancy forces on objects immersed within
static fluids.
3. Apply system and control
volume methods to the analysis and design of fluid system components
using conservation of mass, momentum, and energy.
4. Apply the differential
forms of mass conservation and Newton's second law to analysis of fluid
systems.
5. Apply conservation of
mass, momentum, and energy to calculate head loss and power in steady
pipe and duct flows.
6. Apply laminar and
turbulent flow concepts to internal (developing and fully developed) and
external flows.
7. Apply boundary layer
concepts to the analysis of fluid systems.
8. Apply approximations in
the analysis of fluid flows, such as the incompressible, inviscid, and
irrotational approximations. 9. Appropriately apply the Bernoulli
equation.
10. Apply dimensional
analysis and similitude to solve fluids problems.
11. Estimate drag on
streamlined and bluff bodies.
12. Demonstrate a
step-by-step approach to problem solving.
13. Demonstrate an awareness
of the societal context of their work.
Fluid
Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications