ME 260A/B

ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS

by
Ö. Savaş
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

2017-2018

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 ME 260A/B
Ö. Savaş Advanced Fluid Mechanics August 10, 2017
6113 Etcheverry Hall 2017-18

COURSE: ME260A
You are expected to be proficient in fundamental thermodynamics and fluid dynamics, such as those topics covered
in ME 105 & 106 and with mathematics inasmuch as it is needed for that proficiency. You must understand how
a rigid body behaves under external forces before you can even imagine to understand the behavior of fluids. In
particular, you are expected to have derived the equations of motion for continuum at least once. Mathematically,
you should be comfortable with vector calculus, ordinary and partial differential equations, and be familiar with
complex variables and tensor notation. We will cover the following topics at appropriate levels for this course:
(260A) the formulation of the fluid flow problem, potential flows, compressible flows, canonical viscous flows; and
(260B) boundary layer theory, creeping flows, vortical flows, point vortices, rotating flows, stability, transition, and
turbulence. The homework problems are intended for augmenting the lecture material and, therefore, constitute
an essential part of the course.

GRADING: ME260A LETTER GRADE BOUNDARIES

POLICY
All members of the UC Berkeley community are bound by our honor code. All assigned material is to be done
independently. Unless you have a good reason, no late assignment will be accepted, no makeup will be given.

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31. Journal of Fluid Mechanics (J.Fluid Mech.)

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Ö. Savaş August, 2017
6113 Etcheverry Hall Lectures in 1165 Etcheverry Hall
Office Hours : TuTh 14:15-15:45 Lecture Hours TuTh 12:30-14:00
ME 260A
ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS
Fall 2017 - working copy
# date Topic
1. Aug 24 Introduction, Homework assignment, Formulation Differentiation Theorems, Continuity
2. Aug 29 Momentum equation, Stress at a point, stress tensor
3. Aug 31 stress tensor, energy equation, Surface force work,
4. Sep 5 differential equations, Motion near a point
5. Sep 7 Constitutive relation, Viscosity , derivation concluded,
6. Sep 12 Preliminaries to flow theorems: Kelvin, Helmholtz, Crocco, Bernoulli
7. Sep 14 Potential Flow Euler’s equations
8. Sep 19 Bernoulli’s, Stream function, Potential flow ∇2 φ = 0, catalog
9. Sep 21 Potential flow catalog
10. Sep 26 Catalog continued, water waves
11. Sep 28 Water waves – continued
12. Oct 3 Compressible Flow Introduction
13. Oct 5 Normal shock waves, Isentropic stream tube flow,
14. Oct 10 Unsteady shock, reflection
15. Oct 12 Riemann Invariants, Centered expansion, shock tube
16. Oct 17 MIDTERM EXAM – in class, closed book, personal notes only
17. Oct 19 Shock formation
18. Oct 24 Acoustics
19. Oct 26 Canonical Viscous Flows: Parallel flows, Couette, Poiseuilli,
20. Oct 31 Circular flows, Jefferey-Hamel flow
21. Nov 2 Hiemenz flow, Kármán flow, Bödewadt Flow
22. Nov 7 Berker Flow: Corotating eccentric discs
23. Nov 9 Landau jet, suddenly accelerated wall, oscillating wall,
24. Nov 14 Decaying viscous vortex , starting pipe flow
25. Nov 16 Bubble dynamics: Rayleigh - Plesset equation
Nov 21 APS/DFD Meeting
Nov 23 THANKSGIVING
26. Nov 28 Sexl-Womersley Flow
27. Nov 30 Starting viscous jet. Classes end, TAKE HOME EXAM handed out
Dec 1 Formal classes end
Dec 8 Last Day of Instruction
Dec 11 Monday 17:00 - FINAL EXAM DUE
Dec 15 Friday: Semester ends