Hydrodynamics of Propulsors and Turbines

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CE397-32/ASE382Q: Hydrodynamics of Propulsors and Turbines
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, UT Austin

Fall 2020, Tuesday and Thursday 9:30-11:00am
Lecturer: S.A. Kinnas

HANDOUTS AND HOMEWORK: (password protected)

REVIEW OF FLUID MECHANICS AND CALCULUS

Review of fluid mechanics equations - Flow-field of a source and of a vortex
Useful identities from vector calculus, a complimentary explanation of the gradient of a scalar, and an explanation of the flux out of a control volume - Stokes' theorem - Green's 2nd identity
Vorticity in 2D - Vorticity plots for various cases of 2D flow (produced by Fluent) - Physical meaning of vortex stretching and visualization of vortices in 3-D - Diffused vorticity through a jet
Navier-Stokes equations with respect to rotating system of coordinates
Common Orthogonal Curvilinear Coordinate Systems
HW#1(provided via Canvas) DUE: Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 11:59pm, via Canvas

Related web sites:

Hydrofoil Java Applet - To run it, use Internet Explorer. Before that, go to Control Panel, click on Java, and change the Security settings to High or less and add to the Exception Site List http://www.caee.utexas.edu. Then re-open your browser and click "Run", when asked "Do you want to run this application?"
Cavitation Homepage at UT Austin