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Fluid Mechanics
Winter 2009-2010

Instructor
 Christopher E. Brennen
111 Thomas Building
(626) 395-4117
brennen at caltech dot edu

Assistant
Cheryl Geer
(626) 395-4229
cgeer at caltech dot edu

Text Book: Fluid Flow, by Acosta, Sabersky, Hauptmann and Gates 

Reference Books

TAs
Jeff Hanna
320 Thomas
x3954
jhanna at caltech dot edu
Office Hours: Tue, Wed 8-9pm
Location: 306 Thomas

Nick Parziale
404 Gug
x8311
np at caltech dot edu
Office hours: Tue, Wed 8-9pm
Location: 306 Thomas



Schedule
206 Thomas
Tues
10.30am-12noon
Thurs
10.30am-12noon
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Handouts & Links / Homework / Reviews & Notes

Lecture Videos

Announcements

3/2/10 -- A reminder that the last class in ME19b is scheduled for this coming Friday from noon to 1pm at the Caltech swimming pool. Fluids in action! Hooray!
2/22/10 -- A reminder that tomorrow's class will not be held as usual, but you are expected to attend the ME Seminar presented by Prof Brennen. Details as follows (from Prof Brennen's email): The ME19b class scheduled for Feb. 23, 2010 is a little unusual. I have been asked to give one of the usual Mechanical Engineering Seminars on that date at 11.00am in the morning in the Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall on the ground floor of Guggenheim (just to the right as you enter Guggenheim). Since this conflicts with ME19b I have decided to combine the two and ask ME19b students to attend the seminar. I will be talking about the release of methane to the atmosphere as a result of decomposition of organic matter in the sediment at the bottom of lakes and reservoirs. This methane is an important contributor to global warming since decomposition accelerates as the temperature rises. The seminar will deal with the fluid mechanical processes involved when bubbles of gas emerge from a submerged granular bed. I think it is a good example of how relatively simple fluid mechanical experiments and analyses can contribute information to an important issue. Hopefully it will be of interest to you and will add to your core understanding of fluid mechanical processes.
2/5/10 -- The midterm review will be held on Sunday, Feb. 7 at 8pm in 320 Thomas. Be sure to download and think about the review problems posted below, prior to coming to the review session.
2/1/10 -- The second iteration of the PowerPoint lecture slides have been posted, as well as the forms of the Navier-Stokes (N-S) equations in cylindrical and spherical coordinates for a Newtonian fluid.
1/25/10 -- Here is the proposed schedule for the next few weeks:
Third homework due Jan. 28.
Fourth homework handed out Jan. 28 and due Feb. 4
Midterm handed out Feb. 4 and due Feb. 9
Fifth homework handed out Feb. 11 and due Feb. 18
1/7/10 -- Welcome back! Homework Set 1 is now due Thursday, Jan. 14. Office hours will be held Tuesday and Wednesday from 8-9pm in 306 Thomas. And as always, feel free to stop by my office in 320 Thomas or email if you can't make the office hour sessions.
11/19 -- Me19b will be held at the same time and in the same place as Me19a.

Handouts & Links

Date Description Document
Wed, Mar. 10 Final review problems and solutions me19b-final_review.pdf

scan_fox9-4_momentumintegraleqn.pdf

me19b-final_review-solutions.pdf
Tue, Mar. 2 PowerPoint lecture slides (third iteration) ME19b_3.ppt
Tue, Mar. 2 Videos knapp.avi
ssme1.avi
ssme2.avi
microjet.wmv
navy23.mpg
navy24.mpg
bark1.mpg
SJM-sc-08fps.avi
Fri, Feb. 5 Midterm review problems and solutions me19b-midterm_review.pdf

me19b-midterm_review-solutions.pdf
Mon, Feb. 1 N-S Equations in cylindrical and spherical coordinates Equations.pdf
Mon, Feb. 1 PowerPoint lecture slides (second iteration) see updated version above
Tue, Jan. 12 PowerPoint lecture slides (first iteration) see updated version above
n/a Class notes and handouts Download Me

Homework

Due Date Homework Homework Solution Homework Stats
Thu, Mar. 4 me19b-hw7.pdf me19b-hw7-solutions.pdf hi=40, lo=0, avg=36.48, std=7.209
Thu, Feb. 25 me19b-hw6.pdf me19b-hw6-solutions.pdf hi=50, lo=0, avg=45.69, std=9.008
Thu, Feb. 18 me19b-hw5.pdf me19b-hw5-solutions.pdf hi=40, lo=0, avg=37.16, std=7.29
Thu, Feb. 4 me19b-hw4.pdf me19b-hw4-solutions.pdf hi=20, lo=11, avg=18.58, std=2.419
Thu, Jan. 28 me19b-hw3.pdf me19b-hw3-solutions.pdf hi=40, lo=0, avg=37.39, std=7.272
Thu, Jan. 21 me19b-hw2.pdf me19b-hw2-solutions.pdf hi=30, lo=21, avg=28.69, std=2.375
Thu, Jan. 14 me19b-hw1.pdf me19b-hw1-solutions.pdf hi=40, lo=21, avg=37.6, std=4.492
n/a Homework Solution Stats

Reviews & Notes

Potential review materials or supplemental notes will be posted here

Questions? jhanna at caltech dot edu  |  last update: Thursday, 10-Mar-2010 21:49 PST