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Week 1	Dates 01/12-01/16	Lecture topics Introduction: fluids and their applications, no-slip condition, classification of fluid flows Fluid properties: density, viscosity, vapor pressure, surface tension	Reading Assignment Chapters 1 and 2
Lecture notes (tablet PC) Before Class Lecture 01 Lecture 02 Lecture 03 After Class Lecture 01 Lecture 02 Lecture 03	Excel and Matlab files	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format Color schlieren image of a water strider	Homework assignment No homework this week REVIEW the information below: Homework information and format Sample homework problem format
Week 2	Dates 01/19-01/23	Lecture topics Pressure and fluid statics: manometry and barometry, hydrostatic forces on submerged surfaces	Reading Assignment Chapter 3
Lecture notes (tablet PC) No class on Monday - Labor Day Before Class Lecture 04 Lecture 05 After Class Lecture 04 Lecture 05	Excel and Matlab files	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format	Homework assignment HW Set 1 - Due Friday 01/23
Week 3	Dates 01/26-01/30	Lecture topics Pressure and fluid statics (continued): hydrostatic forces on submerged surfaces, buoyancy and stability, fluids in rigid body motion Fluid kinematics: Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions, material derivative	Reading Assignment Chapter 3 (continued)
Lecture notes (tablet PC) Before Class Lecture 06 Lecture 07 Lecture 08 After Class Lecture 06 Lecture 07 Lecture 08	Excel and Matlab files	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format	Homework assignment -
Week 4	Dates 02/02-02/06	Lecture topics Fluid kinematics: flow visualization, vorticity, Reynolds transport theorem; Introduction to control volume analysis	Reading Assignment Chapter 4
Lecture notes (tablet PC) Before Class Lecture 09 Lecture 10 Lecture 11 After Class Lecture 09 Lecture 10 Lecture 11	Excel and Matlab files	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format Streamlines, Streaklines, Pathlines, and Timelines	Homework assignment HW Set 2 - Due Friday 02/06
Week 5	Dates 02/09-02/13	Lecture topics Conservation laws: mass, energy, and momentum, control volumes, head form of the energy equation	Reading Assignment Chapter 5
Lecture notes (tablet PC) Before Class Lecture 12 Lecture 13 Lecture 14 After Class Lecture 12 Lecture 13 Lecture 14	Excel and Matlab files	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format	Homework assignment HW Set 3 - Due Friday 02/13
Week 6	Dates 02/16-02/20	Lecture topics Conservation laws (continued): momentum equation, applications, examples, Bernoulli approximation	Reading Assignment Chapter 6
Lecture notes (tablet PC) Before Class Lecture 15 Lecture 16 Lecture 17 After Class Lecture 15 Lecture 16 Lecture 17	Excel and Matlab files	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format	Homework assignment HW Set 4 - Due Friday 02/20
Week 7	Dates 02/23-02/27	Lecture topics Dimensional analysis and modeling: dimensional homogeneity, dimensional analysis, experimental testing, similarity	Reading Assignment Chapter 7
Lecture notes (tablet PC) Before Class Lecture 18 Lecture 19 Lecture 20 After Class Lecture 18 Lecture 19 Lecture 20	Excel and Matlab files	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format Power_of_Dimensional_Analysis.pdf	Homework assignment HW Set 5 - Due Friday 02/27
Week 8	Dates 03/02-03/06	Lecture topics Flow in pipes: laminar and turbulent flow, major and minor losses, diffusers	Reading Assignment Chapter 8
Lecture notes (tablet PC) Before Class Lecture 21 Lecture 22 After Class Lecture 21 Lecture 22 Snow day - no class Wednesday, March 4. We will meet on Friday instead.	Excel and Matlab files	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format	Homework assignment -
Spring Break Week	Dates 03/09-03/13	Lecture topics NO LECTURES	Reading Assignment NO READING
Lecture notes (tablet PC) NO LECTURES	Excel and Matlab files NO FILES	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos NO EXTRAS	Homework assignment NO HOMEWORK
Week 9	Dates 03/16-03/20	Lecture topics Piping networks and pump selection; Turbomachinery: introduction to pumps and turbines	Reading Assignment Chapter 8 (continued) parts of Chapter 14
Lecture notes (tablet PC) Before Class Lecture 23 Lecture 24 Lecture 25 After Class Lecture 23 Lecture 24 Lecture 25	Excel and Matlab files	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format	Homework assignment HW Set 6 - Due Friday 03/20
Week 10	Dates 03/23-03/27	Lecture topics Piping networks (continued); Flow rate and velocity measurement instruments (Read on your own); Differential analysis: stream function, continuity	Reading Assignment Chapter 8 (continued), Chapter 9
Lecture notes (tablet PC) Before Class Lecture 26 Lecture 27 Lecture 28 After Class Lecture 26 Lecture 27 Lecture 28	Excel and Matlab files	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Velocity measurement learning module from M E 345 Flow rate measurement learning module from M E 345 Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format	Homework assignment HW Set 7 - Due Friday 03/27
Week 11	Dates 03/30-04/03	Lecture topics Differential analysis (continued): Navier-Stokes equation; Introduction to CFD: grids, boundary conditions, residuals, interpretation of results	Reading Assignment Chapter 9 (continued) parts of Chapter 15
Lecture notes (tablet PC) Before Class Lecture 29 Lecture 30 Lecture 31 After Class Lecture 29 Lecture 30 Lecture 31	Excel and Matlab files Example_plotting_streamlines.xlsx	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format	Homework assignment -
Week 12	Dates 04/06-04/10	Lecture topics Approximate solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations: creeping flow, inviscid regions, irrotational regions	Reading Assignment Chapter 10
Lecture notes (tablet PC) Before Class Lecture 32 Lecture 33 Lecture 34 After Class Lecture 32 Lecture 33 Lecture 34	Excel and Matlab files	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Creeping flow, https://youtu.be/SCvxp7ASiZc Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format	Homework assignment HW Set 8 - Due Friday 04/10
Week 13	Dates 04/13-04/17	Lecture topics Approximate solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations (continued): boundary layers	Reading Assignment Chapter 10 (continued)
Lecture notes (tablet PC) Before Class Lecture 35 Lecture 36 Lecture 37 After Class Lecture 35 Lecture 36 Lecture 37	Excel and Matlab files	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format	Homework assignment HW Set 9 - Due Friday 04/17
Week 14	Dates 04/20-04/24	Lecture topics External flows: drag and lift, friction and pressure drag	Reading Assignment Chapter 11
Lecture notes (tablet PC) Before Class Lecture 38 Lecture 39 Lecture 40 After Class Lecture 38 Lecture 39 Lecture 40	Excel and Matlab files	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Automobile drag coefficients Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format	Homework assignment -
Week 15	Dates 04/27-05/01	Lecture topics Compressible flow: isentropic flow through nozzles, shock waves	Reading Assignment Chapter 12
Lecture notes (tablet PC) Before Class Lecture 41 Lecture 42 After Class Lecture 41 Lecture 42 Note: Friday's lecture is canceled this week.	Excel and Matlab files	Extra Stuff: Papers, Articles, and Videos Videos List of video links: Word format, Pdf format	Homework assignment HW Set 10 - Due Wednesday 04/29 No late HW accepted after 5:00 p.m. on Friday