U1.3: Mechanics 1
Fluid Mechanics
Module designation | Mechanics 1 |
Module level, if applicable | 1st year |
Code, if applicable | U1.3 |
Subtitle, if applicable | – |
Courses, if applicable | Fluid Mechanics |
Semester (s) in which the module is taught | Semester 1 (S1) |
Person responsible for the module | Dr Issam Khezami |
Lecturer | Ismail YOUSFI |
Language | French |
Relation to curriculum | Scientific Subject (compulsory), To introduce fluid mechanics theory, energy transfer and their applications |
Type of teaching, contact hours | 42 hours, of Integrated Course (Classroom Lecture) |
Workload | Total 84Hrs/Semester (42 hours of Self Study) |
Credit points | 3 credits |
Requirements according to the examination regulations | – Minimum attendance rate: 80% of the total contact hours >20 % of nonattendance = elimination for exams |
Recommended prerequisites | Basic fluid mechanics- preparatory cycle |
Module objectives/intended learning outcomes | Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to : 1. Understand the underlying physical phenomena translated into the equation of mechanics of real fluids, 2. Acquire fundamental concepts and apply them to the study of industrial processes involving phenomena of transformation or transfer of energy |
Content | Chapter 1 Introduction: 1.1 Properties, 1.2 Pressure, 1.3 Units Chapter 2 General equations and general theorems of fluid mechanics: 2.1 Nature of the fluids studied (perfect incompressible fluids, viscous incompressible fluid, perfect Barotropic fluid 2.2 Fluid statics -Statics of compressible fluids -Statics of incompressible fluids, -Archimedes theory 2.3 General equations of fluid dynamics: -Perfect fluids, -Incompressible viscous fluids 2.4 General theorems of fluid mechanics -Applications of the momentum theorem, -Results relating to the energy of a fluid, -Theorems relating to the rotation of the fluid Chapter 3 Irrotational and stationary plane flows of an incompressible perfect fluid Chapter 4 Irrotational flows of a perfect fluid Chapter 5 Linear flows of perfect fluids Chapter 6 Incompressible and viscous fluid flows |
Study and examination requirements and forms of examination | Format: Written Mid-term Exam (40%) + Final Exam (60%) |
Media employed | -Course Material (Hard/ Soft copy) for Classroom & Online (Moodle ULT) |
Reading list | 1. Mécanique de fluides – Prépas PC-PSI Céline Anthoine – Guillaume Levèvre – Samuel Marque- 1999 2. Mécanique des fluides incompressibles Mohamed MAALEJ Centre de Publication Universitaire (CPU) 2001 |