Office Hours

MWF 10:00 - 11:00 am, or by appointment

Hopeman 406

Teaching Assistants

Mary Kate Ginnane (Head TA)

(mginnaneur.rochester.edu)

Monday 11:30am-12:30 pm, MechE TA Lounge (2nd flr)

Elizabeth Diaz

(ediazbueur.rochester.edu)

Friday 4:00-5:00 pm, MechE TA Lounge (2nd flr)

Guanru Feng

(gfeng2u.rochester.edu)

Wednesday 4:00-5:00 pm, ITS

Rebeca (Edna) Toro

(etorogaru.rochester.edu)

Monday 3:30-4:30 pm, MechE TA Lounge (2nd flr)

Rachel Olson

(rolson4u.rochester.edu)

Friday 11:00-12:00 pm, Carlson Library’s Main floor

Fernando Suarez

(fsuarez2u.rochester.edu)

Monday 7:00-8:00 pm, ITS

Rebecca Walton

(rwalton4u.rochester.edu)

Monday 1:15-2:15 pm, Carlson Library’s Main floor

Synopsis

This is an introductory course in Fluid Dynamics intended primarily for students majoring in Mechanical Engineering, usually taken during their junior year. It is cross listed as PHYS 255 for students majoring in Physics. It covers fundamental concepts, such as fluid properties; fluid statics; kinematics of moving fluids; the Bernoulli equation and applications; control volume analysis; differential analysis of fluid flow; inviscid flow, plane potential flow; viscous flow, the Navier-Stokes equation; dimensional analysis, similitude; empirical analysis of pipe flows; flow over immersed bodies, boundary layers, lift and drag.

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