MEN220 Fluid Mechanics

Lecture 1

Course description
Introduction to fluid mechanics

Chan Byon
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

Applications of Fluid Mechanics

 Piping and ducting system

 Vehicles
 Aircrafts
 Pump, compressor, propulsion system
 Wind energy, wave energy
 Atmospheric and oceanic sciences
 Bioengineering and microfluidics
 Sensors
 Smart fluids…

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 Fluid Mechanics MEN220

Chapter 1
Introduction

Main Topics

 Definition of a Fluid
 Basic Equations
 Methods of Analysis
 Dimensions and Units

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 Stress of materials (review of S.M.)

Stress is defined as the per

.
Normal component:
In a fluid at rest, the normal
stress is called
Tangential component:

Definition of a Fluid
When a shear stress is applied:
 Solids deform or bend; fluids
 A fluid is a substance that deforms continuously under the
application of a no matter how small the shear stress
may be
 A solid can resist a shear stress by a static deflection; a fluid
cannot
 Practically, and

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 Liquids and gases

 A takes the shape of the

container it is in and forms a
in the presence of gravity
 A gas expands until it encounters
the walls of the container and fills
the available space.
Gases cannot form a free
surface

Fluid mechanics

 The fluid mechanics concerned with forces around a fluid

and the resulting motion of the fluid

Analogy:

Fundamental issue: How big

pump do we have to use?