COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name Code Semester T+A+L (hour/week) Type (C / O) Local Credit ECTS
Fluid Mechanics MTE 413 Spring 03+00+00 Elective 3 5
Academic Unit: Department of Mechatronics Engineering
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Prerequisites: None
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Course Unit: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: - -
Course Lecturer(s): Ahmet Fatih Tabak
Course Objectives: This course is designed to teach fluid dynamics analysis for mechatronics engineers with special focus on mechatronics applications. Upon the completion of the course, students will be able to analyze the flows around moving objects with mass, momentum, and energy conservation.
Course Contents: Conservation laws, Bernoulli equations, control volume analysis, differential analysis, dimensional analysis, flow over immersed bodies, drag and lift analysis, heat transfer by convection, free and forced flow conditions, low Reynolds flows, hydrodynamic interaction analysis
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO):
  • 1- Ability to use control volume analysis for mass, momentum, and energy flow
  • 2- Ability to use differential analysis for mass, momentum, and energy analysis
  • 3- Ability to use dimensional analysis to ascertain flow conditions
  • 4- Ability to determine fluid drag on rigid bodies for mechatronic applications
  • 5- Ability to determine convective heat transfer for cooling applications
  • 6- Ability to determine hydrodynamic interactions for low Re number flows
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: Face to face teaching


WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS

WeekSubjectsRelated Preperation
1 Introduction to Flow of Mass, Momentum, and Energy in Fluidic Domain
2 Bernoulli Equations and Conservation of Mechanical Energy
3 Fluid Kinematics
4 Control Volume Analysis and Conservation of Mass
5 Control Volume Analysis and Conservation of Momentum
6 Differential Analysis for Momentum Conservation
7 Dimensional Analysis Introduction to Matlab
8 Low Reynolds Number Flows Project: Kick-Off Meeting
9 Control Volume Analysis and Conservation of Energy
10 Differential Analysis and Conservation of Energy
11 Heat Transfer with Convection: Forced flows Introduction to Energy2D
12 Heat Transfer with Convection: Free and Mixed Flows
13 Fluid Drag on Rigid Bodies with Complex Surfaces
14 Modeling Hydrodynamic Interactions


REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING

Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, B. R. Munson & D. F. Young & T. H. Okiishi & W. W. Huebsch, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-470-39881-4
Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, F. P. Incropera & D. P. DeWitt, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN: 0-471-38650-2


OTHER COURSE RESOURCES



ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Semester RequirementsNumberPercentage of Grade (%)
Attendance / Participation 14 -
Project 1 30
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes 1 30
Final Exam 1 40
Total: 17 100


WORKLOAD

EventsCountDuration (Hours)Total Workload (hour)
Course Hours14342
Project13030
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes13030
Final Exam14848
Total Workload (hour):150


THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)

# PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12
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LO5                        
LO6