Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
MAT 421 Fluid Mechanics Turkish Elective
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
3 6 3 0 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites MAT 374 MIN DD
or MAT 374E MIN DD
or MUH 302 MIN DD
or MUH 311 MIN DD
or MUH 311E MIN DD
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Dynamics of fluids; transport theorem, continuity equation, equations of motions, conservation of energy, pathline, streamlines and streaklines. Constitutive equations of ideal and viscous fluids. Hydrostatics. Ideal fluids, Bernoulli’s theorems, incompressible fluids, steady flow, potential flow, sphere in uniform flow, undersea explosion. Plane potential flows; complex potentials, Blasius’ theorem, circle theorem, source, sink and cylinder problems. Some analytically solved problems in viscous fluid; flow between parallel plates, Poiseulle flow, Couette flow.