Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton

Knowledge and understanding
Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to demonstrate basic knowledge and understanding of:

• The characteristics and properties of fluids.
• The general nature of compressibility, viscosity and turbulence.
• The concept of Dynamic similarity and the Reynolds number.
• Mass continuity in fluids.
• Conservation of momentum as applied to fluids.
  
• Basic thermodynamics.
  
• Energy conservation in fluids.
• Methods of flow measurement and flow visualisaiton.

Cognitive (thinking) skills
Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to:

• Recognise basic types of fluid dynamic flows and identify the fluid characteristics which give rise to them.
• Apply simple quantitative models to predict fluid dynamic behaviour in a limited number of situations.

Practical, subject specific skills
Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to:

• Perform simple calculations involving conservation of mass, momentum and energy in fluids.
  
• Perform simple measurements of fluid dynamic pressure.

Key transferable skills
Having successfully completed the module, you will be better able to:

• Read and understand the technical literature on fluid mechanics.
  
• Perform simple experiments and report your findings.

  Module Details

  Title: Dynamics of Fluids
  Code: ISVR1006
  Year: BEng/MEng Acoustical Engineering, BSc Acoustics and Music Part 1
  Semester: Semester 2
  

  CATS points: 10 CATS points ECTS points: NaN
  Level: Undergraduate
  Co-ordinator(s):

  Pre-requisites and / or co-requisites

  None

To give a broad introduction to the dynamical behaviour of fluids.

• To provide students new to the subject of fluid mechanics with a good qualitative introduction to the most important phenomena in fluid flow.
• To introduce students to simple analytical tools for quantitative analysis of fluid flow.

• A qualitative introduction to the mechanics of fluids.
  Fundamental concepts; the model of a continuous fluid, forces acting on a fluid particle, body forces, surface forces, viscosity and the no-slip condition, dynamic similarity and the Reynolds number.
• Conservation of Mass.
  The continuity equation: application to pipe flow.
  The stream function: streamlines, streaklines and pathlines.
• Conservation of momentum.
  Eulers equation.
  The material derivative.
  Navier Stokes equations (introduction).
  The momentum theorem.
• Conservation of Energy.
  Thermodynamic terminology.
  Reversible and irreversible processes.
  Cycle processes and system properties.
  Thermodynamic properties.
  Work and Heat; Joules experiments, First law of thermodynamics, Internal Energy, Enthalpy.
  Steady flow energy equation.
• Bernoulli’s principle
  Derivation and engineering applications.
• Dynamic similarity
  Derivation from the basic equations.
  The Pi theorem.
  Application to pipe friction and losses in pipeline components.

2 lectures a week delivered by the course lecturer at which reading and problems will be set

The use of (up to) 6 optional problem classes. These will be supervised by the course lecturer. Each will be of one hour duration and specific problems which relate to material covered in the preceding lectures will be set for solution prior to each class. The final class will be a revision class for the end-of-course examination.

2 laboratories attended by the course lecturer in which students will gain hands-on experience in conducting simple fluid dynamic experiments and in preparing a technical report.

• Attending lectures.
  
• Private study and directed reading.
  
• Laboratory work and report writing.