Advanced Fluid Mechanics

Winter Quarter 2020

Stefan LLEWELLYN SMITH
EBUII 574
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http://web.eng.ucsd.edu/~sgls


This is the homepage for MAE101B during Winter Quarter 2020. Last updated: March 23, 2020.

Practical details

Lectures: MWF 10:00–10:50 am in WLH 2113. Fourth hour M 8:00–8:50 am in WLH 2113. Professor's meeting hours: e-mail me to make an appointment (I will be at SIO on Tuesdays and Thursdays); you can also see if I'm in my office, EBUII 574: if I'm not busy, I should be able to talk. TA: Asheesh Anand (asanand@eng.ucsd.edu), meeting hours: contact (e-mail, Piazza, etc.) to make an appointment; problem classes: M 4–5 pm, W 3–4 pm in EBU II 105.

Text

Fundamentals of fluid mechanics by Munson, Okiishi, Huebsch and Rothmayer, 8th edition, Wiley. Link to library.

Class websites

Canvas site
Piazza site
Website for the class in W19 (the links to the homework and quiz solutions don't work; for those use the link below and the Canvas site)
Migrated Tritoned site for the class in W19 (some links don't work; use the Canvas site)

Campus resources

Online resources

Fuck Yeah Fluid Dynamics (possibly an unfortunate name)
eFluids
National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films (these are old but great)
Multimedia Fluid Mechanics (I have ordered it for the library)

Lecture Schedule (provisional; slides are on the Canvas site)

Homework

Homework policy: you may discuss problems among yourselves, but you should write up and hand in homework individually. Homework should be handed in during class on Wednesday or ahead of time to the TA if you have made arrangements. No late homework will be accepted.

Work should be single-sided on new clean paper, stapled together. Print name, date, course and homework number on the first page; box final answers, especially for problems with multiple parts. Illegible homework will be returned ungraded. Solutions will be placed on the website after the due date.

Here is a suggested standard format (sample solution).
  1. Problem Description. Basic description and given information. Sketch of problem/geometry and system considered (dashed lines for system). Initial state (knowns and unknowns). Final state (knowns and unknowns). Appropriate property diagrams (state points, process lines). What is to be determined.
  2. Engineering Model. List all required simplifying assumptions and idealizations.
  3. Basic Equations. General form of all relevant fundamental laws, equations, definitions.
  4. Analysis. Clear description of procedure to reduce basic equations to solution. Keep equations in variable forms as long as possible before using numbers. Identify all tables and charts needed for additional data and property values. Clearly indicate final answers with box. Check solution: correct sign, reasonable numerical values?
  5. Discussion of Solution. As needed (what you learned, key aspects of solution, etc...)
I do not insist on the entire format's being used: in particular sketching the problem and writing down given information will not lead to points. However you should use an equally clear format.

Grades will be determined by your understanding of the problem, identification of the procedure to obtain the solution, clear and precise description of the solution, and correct numerical answers. Solutions are on Canvas.
Requests for regrades must be submitted in writing to me within a week of getting the homework back, with a justification for the regrade. Include name, date, e-mail address.

Quizzes

There will be four 50-minute quizzes. There will be no make-up quizzes. All quizzes are closed book. Bring pencil and calculator to all exams.

Midterm

There will be one open-note midterm on Wednesday February 12. There will be no make-up midterm. Bring pencil, calculator and paper. The midterm will cover all the material lectured up to and including Friday February 8. Solution on Canvas.

Final

The final will be on Monday March 16, 8:00 am–10:59 am. A make-up exam will only be provided for medical reasons with proper documentation from a physician. The final will cover the material lectured during the course and will be open book. Exam and solution on Canvas.

Update

The exam time remains Monday 8 to 11 am.

I will send the exam to you by email 5 to 10 minutes before 8 am.

I will have a zoom session open from 8 to 11 am (I already sent out the invitation). You don't have to be on it, but that way you can hear questions, answers or read them on chat. You don't have to have your video on.

You will sign an integrity statement on the exam, saying you worked on your own using the allowed resources. This is an open book exam: you can use the book, your notes, homeworks. No extra information from the internet.

I will give you 15 minutes from 11 to 1115 to photograph or scan your exam and send it to me. Note that Dropbox does quite a job of scanning paper using your phone camera.

If you like, you can then hand in the exam physically to me in my office EBU II 574 over the next 24 hours, say by noon on Tuesday. (That woud suit me and avoid using more paper, but is optional.)

Grading

Method A: Curve based on: Homework 10%, 3 best of 4 quizzes 15%, midterm 30%, final 45%.
Method B: Absolute scale based on final: A > 80%, B > 70%, C > 55%, D > 40%.
Your grade will be computed by methods A and B and you will receive the higher of the two. I may rescale the different components (homework, quizzes, final) separately to arrive at the final grade. I do not recommend planning on Method B from the beginning; method A is more reliable.

Cheating

I remind you of UCSD's policy on academic dishonesty. Action will be taken in cases of cheating. Don't make it happen to you.