ES 206 Fall 2015

Fluid Mechanics

Instructor Prof. Wallace J. Morris II, Email: [email protected]

Class Hours 8:00 – 8:50 AM, MWF, In 57B

Text Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 7th edition by Munson, Okiishi, Huebsch, and Rothmayer

Prerequisites Passing grade in ES 201 (C or better in ES 201 is a fairly new requirement!)

Withdrawal The last day to withdraw or audit any class is November 13 th, 2015.

Office Hours Bldg. AC1-332 (928-777-3955); TBD and Th 10:00 AM to NOON -. Open Door Policy prevails.

Grading Homework (10%) will be assigned during the week and is typically due one day (i.e. Wednesday) the following
week at the beginning of class. Late homework will be accepted up to two days late (by the next class),
penalized 20% for each day late. Solutions to all homework assignments “are available” on reserve in the
library, and students may view these solutions at any time. Student homework that is submitted to the
instructor must reflect individual effort. Solutions that are obviously copied verbatim from the solutions or other
students’ homework will not be accepted. Discussion of homework between students is encouraged, but
solutions must be individually performed. Additionally, a note may be made in the grade book on whether or
not a serious attempt was made to complete each homework assignment, independent of homework grade.
This may affect borderline grades at the end of the semester.

All plots/graphs submitted for homework must be completed using appropriate plotting software. Although
there is no specific homework format, up to 25% of the homework score may be deducted for sloppy and/or
unintelligible submissions. MAKE THE GRADER’S JOB EASY.

Plagiarism: Refer to ERAU Catalog for a discussion of Academic Integrity/Conduct. Students are expected to
perform their own work and to not copy the work of other students. When viewing the solutions to homework
problems in the library, it is essential that students not merely copy down this work as their own solutions.
Student submissions which are clearly copied from the solutions will be considered acts of misrepresentation
and plagiarism (taking someone’s work and claiming it to be their own), and students must expect this behavior
to be dealt with severely.

Three exams (50/3% each) will be given during the semester to be tentatively taken during scheduled class time.

The final exam (40%) will be of two-hour duration, and will be comprehensive. Exam time and date will be
according to the University schedule.

Policy on makeup exams: Make-up exams will only be allowed if the student has notified the instructor, by
phone (928-777-3955 - voice, not text), of an intended absence in advance of the beginning of class and the
excuse is judged appropriate by the instructor or an appropriate letter from the Dean of Students office.
Without such an excuse, the grade for missed exams will be a zero. E-mail notification is only acceptable in the
case of the first possible opportunity (prior to the next class) an in-person follow-up meeting is made. Make-up
exams may be written and/or oral.

Grading scale: A = 90% and above, B = 80% to 89.99%, C = 70% to 79.99%, D = 65% to 69.99%, F = below 65%.
Class grades will be rounded to this scale if needed, but students should not expect a curve on final grades.
Student point totals and class standing will be available via Canvas. It is possible the professor and/or grader will
be behind in submitting grades to Canvas, however, each student, with the help of this syllabus, has the ability to
compute their grade at any moment with the returned materials.
 If the student feels that any of the homework or exams has been improperly graded, they must resubmit to the
instructor within one week of having been graded and passed back to the class.

Final Exam Policy: Each Exam problem in graded and recorded individually by subject. If you score better on a
final exam problem of the same subject as an earlier exam it will replace the score on the earlier exam. This
allows for bad test days, but, more importantly, this policy will ideally encourages you to better learn the
material before the final exam. i.e. An excellent final-exam performance has the potential to significantly raise
your grade from poor mid-term exam performance.

Calculators A calculator will be required for all exams. Exams are expected to be closed-book and closed notes. Any
exceptions to this rule will be made prior to the exam to be given.

Audit Class attendance is a requirement for successful auditing of ES 206 to achieve a grade of AU on your transcript.
See the instructor if you wish to audit this course.

Access to Learning ERAU is committed to the success of all students.  It is University policy to provide reasonable accommodations to
students with disabilities who qualify for services.  If you would like to discuss and/or request accommodations, please
contact Disability Support Services located in Hazy Library (first floor, end of hall), or call 928/777-6750 or 928/777-6749,
or email the director at: [email protected]

Online Evaluations Course/instructor evaluations will be conducted online. Your feedback is invaluable in determining what worked
and what didn’t in terms of the content and instruction given in this course. You are, therefore, expected to
complete this evaluation in a timely manner when it is made available. Further instructions regarding this
process will be given near the end of the semester.

Catalog Description ES 206 Fluid Mechanics - Physical characteristics of the fluid state. Fluid statics. Kinematics of fluid motion. Flow
of an incompressible ideal fluid. Impulse-momentum principles. Similitude and dimensional analysis, fluid
measurements. (Additionally, This course will prepare students for advanced subjects in aerospace/mechanical
engineering, such as: aero/thermodynamics, propulsion, and vehicle design.)

Objectives (Expectations of our alumni working in industry)

An objective of your education at ERAU will be the ability to solve a wide class of engineering problems that
involve mathematics and the engineering sciences (a). Mechanics of fluids and specifically the ability to solve
engineering problems (e) are particular skills needed as you enter the engineering workforce.

Outcomes (Expectations of students successfully passing this class)

Graduates of this class will demonstrate competence in the Mechanics of fluids. Especially they will demonstrate
competence in Fluid Statics, (simple) moving fluids, conservation properties of fluids including: mass,
momentum, and energy, Dimensional Analysis, and Internal Flows.
ES 206: Tentative Schedule

Part 1 Fundamentals Introduction, Units, Properties, and Characteristics of Exam 1

Fluids

Part 2 Fluid Statics Pressure in a Static Fluid, Pressure in the Atmosphere, Exam 1/Exam 2
[Start Exam 2 Material]
Manometry, Hydrostatic Force

Part 3 Fluid Dynamics Pressure in a moving Fluid, Airspeed Measurement, Exam 2

Bernoulli’s Equation

Part 4 Flow Field Analysis Reynolds Transport Theorem, Conservation of Mass, Exam 3
Momentum, and Energy

Part 5 Model and Prototype Dimensional Analysis, Modeling and Similitude Exam 3

Part 6 Pipe Flows Characteristics of Pipe Flow, Major and Minor Losses of Exam 3
Pipe Systems

Importance of HW: Homework problems will be carefully selected to represent the type of problems that the student must be able
to solve to be successful in this class, as well as in the subsequent aircraft structures courses. The skills needed
to solve the problems that will be found on the exams can only be learned by mastery of the skills needed to
both understand and solve these homework problems. Material from the lectures is carefully chosen to cover
the majority of the needed concepts. If students do not learn the required concepts and cannot successfully
apply them to problems similar to those in the homework set above, those students should not expect to receive
a passing grade in the course.

Technology: It is required that you refrain from using cellphones, MP3 players, laptops, and other portable electronic devices
during class time for non-academic uses. For example, no texting during class. These devices distract from the
learning environment, and non-academic use of such devices is a display of unprofessional behavior. You may
certainly take or make an emergency cellphone call, but please take it outside of the classroom; this is proper
professional behavior.

Continuity statement: In the event of an occurrence that closes campus temporarily (beyond a snow day or two), it is expected that this
course will be continued through electronic means (e-mail, internet, etc.) to the extent possible.

E-mail communication: E-mail is an official mode of communication at ERAU, and the student (as well as the instructor) is expected to
have read (and respond when necessary) to official e-mail. It is understood that there are many reasons for
latency in response time, however all parties (professor as well as students) are expected to respond within a
reasonable period.