Lecture MWF 10:10am-11:00am

Discussion M 7:30pm-8:20pm
Kimball Hall B11

Kasey Laurent kml287@cornell.edu

164 Upson Hall Office Hours: TBD

Enrollment is limited to ME majors and those officially registered for AE or MAE minor
ENGRD 2020 – Statics and Mechanics of Solids
MAE 2030 – Dynamics
Pre- or corequisite: ENGRD 2210 – Thermodynamics (or permission of instructor)

Textbook: Fluid Mechanics, F.M. White, McGraw-Hill, 8th Edition, 2015 (or equivalent)

Course Usage of Canvas: Course content and assignments will be posted on Canvas.
Please begin by reviewing the content in the Course Information folder. All course content
can be found in the course modules folder which is organized by topic modules. Within
each module the content is organized by week.

Course Usage of Slack:

This course partially fulfills the fluids and thermal science track of the ME major
Topics include physical properties of fluids, hydrostatics, conservation laws using control
volume analysis and using differential analysis, Bernoulli’s equation, potential flows,
simple viscous flows (solved with Navier-Stokes equations), dimensional analysis, pipe
flows, boundary layers, introduction to compressible flow.

As a result of participating in this course, you will:

1. be able to use the fundamental principles and mathematical basis underlying the
conservation equations.
 2. be able to identify the guiding principles in a given fluid problem, to formulate the
governing equations, and so to solve basic engineering problems.
3. recognize the difference between an ideal fluid and a viscous fluid, and to
understand the limitations of the solutions for real practical fluid flows.
4. understand where your analysis might involve approximations and empirical
approaches.
5. have improved your ability to formulate an ordered approach to problem solving,
using words of explanation in derivations, and algebra before substituting
numerical values that allows neat analytical solutions and dimensional analysis.

Each student in this course is expected to abide by the Cornell University Code of
Academic Integrity. Any work submitted by a student in this course for academic credit
will be the student’s own work.
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: Your access in this course is important.
Please give me your Student Disability Services (SDS) accommodation letter early in the
semester so that we have adequate time to arrange your approved academic
accommodations. If you need immediate accommodation for equal access, please speak
with me after class or send an email message to me and/or SDS at sds_cu@cornell.edu.
If the need arises for additional accommodations during the semester, please contact
SDS. Student Disability Services is located at Cornell Health Level 5, 110 Ho Plaza, 607-
254-4545.

Attendance and Absences: You are required to attend weekly discussions. If you cannot
make it, please speak to me beforehand or send me an email.

Participation and in-class work:

Homework:
Projects, presentations, and assignments:
Exams:

Grading Practices and Policies: (late policy)

Grade Distribution:
 Homework 30%
Exam (10/11) 17.5%
Exam (11/22) 17.5%
Participation 10%
Final Exam 25%

Grading Scale:

A+ 97-100%
A 94-97%
A- 90-93%
B+ 87-89%
B 84-86%
B- 80-83%
C+ 77-79%
C 74-76%
C- 70-73%

D+ 67-69%
D 64-66%
D- 60-63%

This schedule is subject to change as needed during the semester

Week Topic Reading Due Friday

Introduction to Fluids and

29 Aug Ch 1.1-1.2
Basic Concepts

No class 9/2 HW 1
2 Sept Ch 1.3-1.6
Introduction to Fluids and
Basic Concepts

Introduction to Fluids and HW 2

Basic Concepts Ch 1.7-1.9
9 Sept
Ch 2.1-2.3
Hydrostatics

16 Sept Ch 2.4-2.9
 Hydrostatics HW 3

Basic Integral Relations HW 4

23 Sept (Conservation Laws and Ch 3.1-3.7
Control Volume)

Differential Relations
30 Sept (Conservations Laws and Ch 4.1-4.5
Navier-Stokes Equations)

Exam: 10/11 HW 5

Review
7 Oct Ch 4.6-4.7
Differential Relations
(Conservations Laws and
Navier-Stokes Equations)

No class 10/14 HW 6

Differential Relations Project topic due

(Conservations Laws and Ch 4.8-4.9
14 Oct
Navier-Stokes Equations) Ch 5.1-5.2

Dimensional Analysis and

Similitude

Dimensional Analysis and HW 7

Similitude Ch 5.3-5.5
21 Oct
Ch 6.1-6.3
Viscous Flows in Ducts

28 Oct Viscous Flows in Ducts Ch 6.4-6.10 HW 8

4 Nov Flow Past Immersed Bodies Ch 7.1-7.6 HW 9

 Mehta, R.D., “Aerodynamics
of sports balls”, Ann. Rev.
Fluid Mech. 1985. 17:151-89

11 Nov Potential Flow Ch 8.1-8.6

Exam: 11/22 HW 10

18 Nov Review Ch 9.1-9.2

Compressible Flow

No class 11/27, 11/29

25 Nov Ch 9.3-9.4
Compressible Flow

2 Dec Compressible Flow Ch 9.5-9.10 Project due

9 Dec Review

Topics: sports, animals, space, racecars, microfluidics