ME 211, Spring 2004

Fluid Mechanics I

ME 211 LAB Schedule: TENTATIVE

Week of

Jan 12              No lab session

Jan 19             Movies ( Flow Visualization, Surface Tension )

Jan 26             Expository Demonstrations & Flow Visualization Using a Smoke Tunnel

Feb 2               Sample problems solved by TAs

Feb 9               Sample problems solved by TAs (1.49,1.70,2.13,2.21,2.29 and 2.34)

Feb 16             Experiment #1, Rigid-Body Rotation of an Incompressible Fluid

Feb 23             Derivation of Eq. 2.52 of book (Fig. 2.19);Sample problems 2.128, 132,and 154

Mar 1               Exp. #2: Fluid Dynamics Drag and Relevant Parameters

Mar 8               Video (Pressure & Acceleration) and sample problems (Mom. flux correction factor [pp.162-163]) with 3.44 and 3.53.

Mar 15             Experiment #3 (1-D Bernoulli Eq)

Mar 22             No lab. Spring Break

Mar 29             Sample Problems 4.1, 4, 10, 12, 17, 22, 25

Apr 5                Experiment #4 (Integral Momentum Eq: Impact of a Jet)

Apr 12              Video (Low Reynolds Number flow) and Sample Problems

Apr 19              Experiment #5 (Friction Loss in Flow through Pipes)

Apr 26              Sample problems: 5.17, 34, 48, 50, 67 and 73