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Fundamentals of fluid mechanics EN

Fundamentals of fluid Mechanics

Free online course

  • On this and the following pages you can deepen your knowledge of fluid dynamics.

  • With selected topics, which will be expanded in the future, you have the opportunity to enrich your online teaching.

  • All content is free of charge. You are welcome to use extracts for your lessons.

Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

  • Fundamentals of hydrostatics

  • Fundamentals of hydrodynamics

  • Steady flow of incompressible fluids

  • Online Experiment: Fluid Pressure and Flow

  • Online Experiment: Free Discharge

Continuity equation

  • The continuity equation in detail

  • Online Experiment: Continuity equation

Bernoulli's principle

  • Understanding Bernoulli's principle

  • Measuring Bernoulli's principle

  • Online Experiment: Fluid Pressure and Flow

Pipe Flow

  • Laminar and turbulent flow

  • Pipe friction due to different materials and surfaces

  • Pressure losses in pipes and pipe fittings

  • Pressure loss in valves and fittings

jet forces

  • Calculation of theoretical jet force

Open Channel

  • Basic principles of open-channel flow

  • Uniform discharge in a rectangular flume

  • Steady discharge

  • Non-uniform discharge in a rectangular flume

  • Determining the loss of specific energy in a hydraulic jump

  • Froude number and critical discharge

  • Positive and negative surges in open channels

  • Energy dissipation

  • Control structures

  • Culvert

  • Local losses in flumes

  • Methods of discharge measurement

  • Transient flow: flow-induced vibrations

  • Sediment transport

  • Transient flow: waves

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  • Basic knowledge

Flow in pipes, laminar/turbulent flow, effect of the Reynolds number on the flow profile, visualisation of streamlines using electrolytically generated hydrogen bubbles, Laws of hydrodynamics: continuity equation and its influencing variables, principle of linear momentum: experiments on jet forces, trajectory: examination the trajectory, Bernoulli’s principle: relation between the flow velocity and the different pressures,Friction losses in pipe flow: resistance coefficients in different pipe elements, relationship between Reynolds number and pipe friction coefficient, using the Moody chart, formation of the flow along the inlet sectionFlow in open channels: energy levels of the water, hydraulic jump, energy dissipation in the flume

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