OCEN 678

Fluid Dynamics for Ocean and Environmental Engineering

Couette and Poiseuille Flow

Learning Objectives:
1. Categorize solutions to fluids problems by their fundamental assumptions 2. List and explain the assumptions behind the classical equations of fluid dynamics 3. Write the exact equations for a fluid flow problem incorporating applicable simplifications

Topics/Outline:
1. 2. 3. 4. Simplifications Exact equations for plane Couette flow Velocity profile solution for plane Couette flow Calculation of the flow rate for plane Couette flow

Reading:
Currie, I.G. (2003). Fundamental Mechanics of Fluids, third edition. Marcel Dekker, Inc.: New York. QA901 .C8 2003 Chapter 7 Spurk, J.H. and Aksel, N. (2008). Fluid Mechanics, second edition. Springer Verlag: Berlin. TA357 .S68513 2008eb Chapter 6 Kundu, P.K. and Cohen, I.M. (2008). Fluid Mechanics, fourth edition. Academic Press: New York. QA901 .K86 2008, previous edition as electronic resource: QA901 .K86 2002eb Chapter 9

S. Socolofsky