Fluid Rotation and Vorticity

Lesson Outline

  • Applications

  • Fluid Rotation

  • Vorticity

  • Volumetric Flow Rate

Concepts of Flux (a prelude to Reynolds Transport Theorem)

Readings

  1. Hibbeler, R.C, Fluid Mechanics, 2ed. Prentice Hall, 2018. ISBN: 9780134655413 pp. 141-177

  2. DF Elger, BC Williams, Crowe, CT and JA Roberson, Engineering Fluid Mechanics 10th edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013. Chapter 4. http://54.243.252.9/ce-3305-webroot/3-Readings/EFM-5.pdf

  3. Cleveland, T. G. (2014) Fluid Mechanics Notes to Accompany CE 3305 at Jade-Holshule (TTU Study Abroad 2015-2019), Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, Whitacre College of Engineering. http://54.243.252.9/ce-3305-webroot/3-Readings/ce3305-lecture-006.0.pdf

Background

The last lesson introduced the Euler (and Bernoulli) equations which are fundamental in applied fluid mechanics.

This lesson also examines applications using the equations as-is.