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CVEN311-502 Fluid Dynamics Spring 2011Instructor and TA InformationCourse DescriptionCourse DescriptionGrading PolicyGround RulesGround RulesGround RulesWhy Study Fluid Mechanics?Dams and LeveesPipe Flow (Water, Oil, Gas, etc)Hydraulic EngineeringCoastal and Ocean EngineeringNaval ArchitectureLaboratory StudiesAerospace and Automotive DesignSports!Weather!Beverages!CVEN311-502 Fluid Dynamics Spring 2011Dr. James M. Kaihatu Coastal and Ocean Engineering DivisionZachry Department of Civil EngineeringInstructor and TA Information• Instructor: Dr. James M. Kaihatu– Office: CE/TTI Bldg, Rm 808D– Phone: 979-862-3511– Email: [email protected]• Allow 48 hours for response– Web: http://ceprofs.civil.tamu.edu/jkaihatu– Office hours: MW 10am-12pm or by appointment• TA: Ms. Allison Guettner– Office: WERC 205X– Email: [email protected]– Office hours: TR 1100-1200Course Description• Will learn about:– Properties of fluids– Fluid statics and kinematics– Basic conservation principles of:• Continuity• Momentum• Energy– Similitude and hydraulic models– Incompressible flow in pipes– Fluid dynamic dragCourse Description• Text: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 6thEd., by Munson, Young, Okishii, and Huebsch. Wiley and Sons, 2009 • Prerequisites: CVEN302 or registration therein; MATH251 and CVEN221• Course website: •http://ceprofs.civil.tamu.edu/jkaihatu/teaching/cven311/index.html•Will be password-protected•Announcements concerning the class will be posted on web page – check it regularlyGrading Policy• Homework: 5%• Quizzes: 20%• Exam 1 (28 Feb 2011 7pm-8:40pm): 20%• Exam 2 (12 Apr 2011 7pm-8:40pm): 25%• Final Exam (6 May 2011 12:30pm-2:30pm): 30%• Regrading: Requests for regrading homeworks, quizzes or exams must be made within one week of the exam, quiz or homework being returned (read syllabus for further stipulations)Ground Rules• Homework: Due at beginning of class on due date– Generally assigned on Thursdays, due following Thursday– Not all homework problems will be graded– No late homework will be accepted– Valid university excuse: notify instructors in advance (except in case of valid emergencies)– Students may work together, but blind copying will receive zero creditGround Rules• Quizzes– In-class closed-book quiz every Thursday– Single problem very close (if not identical) to problem on homework– Lowest quiz score will be dropped• Allows missed quiz for unforeseen circumstances–Further missed quizzes without University excuse will result in a zeroGround Rules• Exams– Two 100-minute evening exams and a final exam scheduled– Unexcused absences will receive a zero– All exams closed book and closed notes– One single-sided 8 ½” x 11” sheet of formulas and notesallowed• No examples, problems or solutions are allowed on sheet• Sheet will be handed in along with exam– Bring calculator, sufficient paper and writing implements to exam– Make sure your calculator works!This is my calculator: HP42S bought in 1989. Uses RPN notation (no “equal” sign)Why Study Fluid Mechanics?Dams and LeveesDevil’s Gate Dam, near Los Angeles, CALevee break at Inner Harbor Navigational Canal, New Orleans, LAPipe Flow (Water, Oil, Gas, etc)Part of Alaska Oil PipelineStorm DrainSewage Treatment Plant in West VirginiaNatural Gas Pipeline Network in KazakhstanWater Supply Treatment PlantHydraulic EngineeringOpen channel in the NetherlandsFishery weir in GeorgiaOpen channel spillway, Shasta Dam, CAHydraulic jump, West VirginiaCoastal and Ocean EngineeringBreaking wave in labTsunami damage, ThailandNDBC buoyOil rig damage after Hurricane Katrina, AlabamaPrediction of nearshore waveheights and currents, Duck, NCNaval ArchitectureBad naval architecture – The Vasa, Sweden, 1628Good naval architecture – USS John C. Stennis, Pacific OceanBathyscapheSubmarineLaboratory StudiesBarber’s Point, HawaiiBarber’s Point model, Vicksburg MSShip model test, NRC, CanadaWave basin, Hinsdale Lab, Oregon State University, Corvallis ORAerospace and Automotive DesignTesting of Lance Armstrong’s Trek Medone (done at TAMU!)Testing of race-modified CorvetteTesting of full scale fighter jetTesting of Audi Sports WagonSports!Roger FedererWayne GretzkyCliff LeeTiger WoodsSome brave dudeJan-Ove WaldnerCatriona LeMay DoanDrew BreesWeather!Hurricane Katrina, August 29 2005Pressure field over continental USFlood in GermanyTornado in IowaMy last houseHurricane IkeSurfsideGalveston Boat BasinRollover PassBeverages!Why do bubbles rise? Why do they increase in size and speed as they rise?If ice stays fast to bottom of glass when you fill it with water, and you jar the ice loose, what happens to water level in


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