Class Syllabus

Scheduled
Session
Date
Day
Topic (Text)
1
Sept. 5   
W
   Concepts and Definitions (1)
2
10   
M
   Fluid Statics (2)
3
12   
W
   Description of a Fluid in Motion (3)
4
17   
M
   Conservation of Mass (4)
5
19   
W
   Reprise (1 – 4)
6
24   
M
   Newton’s Second Law of Motion (5)
7
26   
W
   Conservation of Energy (6)
8
Oct. 1   
M
   Reprise (5 –6)
9
3   
W
   Shear Stress in Laminar Flow (7)
10
8   
M
   Hour Examination I (1 – 6)
11
10   
W
   Laminar Flow: Differential Fluid Elements (8)
12
15   
M
   Differential Equations of Fluid Flow (9)
13
17   
W
   Reprise (7 –9)
14
22   
M
   Inviscid Flows (10.1 – 10.4)
15
24   
W
   Inviscid Flows (10.7 – 10.8)
16
29   
M
   Dimensional Analysis (11)
17
31   
W
   Viscous Flows (12)
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Nov. 5   
M
   Election Day Holiday
19
7   
W
   Hour Test II (8 – 11)
20
12   
M
   Turbulence (13)
21
14   
W
   Viscous Flow in Closed Conduits (14)
22
19   
M
   Reprise (12 – 14)
23
21   
W
   Fundamentals of Heat Transfer (15)
24
26   
M
   Differential Equations of Heat Transfer (16)
25
28   
W
   Steady Conduction (17)
26
Dec. 3   
M
   Unsteady Conduction (18)
27
5   
W
   Reprise (15 – 18)
28
10   
M
   Course Reprise

The foregoing table, including test dates, will be revised throughout the term. Revisions will depend, primarily, on what is actually covered in the lectures.

For each lecture topic there will be a reading assignment, selected from the chapters indicated in the table, above. Brief questions related to the reading assignment will be posted, to be answered on line at latest two hours before class.

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