Students will learn and be familiar of the basic principles that determine the fluid state and flow. Both the linear static and the non-linear dynamic motion are considered. Moreover, the interaction between solid bodies that are submerged into fluids and boundary layers formed because of the fluid motion is also discussed. Emphasis in applied or even industrial applications of the fluid mechanics is also given during the course.

Course Description 

Theory: Fluid properties. Hydrostatics-manometers, forces on surfaces. Fluid motion – continuity equation, momentum equation, energy equation. Irrotational Flow. Incompressible and compressible flow. Fluid flow and losses in pipes and ducts. Instruments for measure fluid flow and velocity. Flow around solid bodies, boundary layer, viscous effects, drug and lift forces. Laminar and turbulent flow. Low in pipes, channels and ducts.

Laboratory: Measurement of various fluid mechanics quantities, instruments and measurement of pressure, fluid mass flow, pressure drop, velocity profiles, lift and drug forces.

Expected Course Outcome

After the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Calculate pressure forces in surfaces and bodies.

• Understand the basic fluid flow principles.

• Measure fluid mechanic quantities.

Bibliography

Greek:

1. Π.Κορωνάκη, «Mηχανική Ρευστών», Εκδόσεις Ι:Ν, 2001.
2. Σ.Αυλωνίτη, ".Αυλωνίτη, «Μηχανική των Ρευστών» , Εκδόσεις Ι:Ν, 2006.
3. Σ. Τσαγγάρης, «Μηχανική των Ρευστών», Εκδόσεις Συμεών, 1995.
4. V.L.Streeter, B. Wylie, «Μηχανική Ρευστών: θεωρία, παραδείγματα, προγράμματα ΗΥ και 1129 ασκήσεις», Εκδόσεις Φούντας, 1975.

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