Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Engineering
Lecture Code K8174040 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 流体力学
Subject Name
(Katakana)
リュウタイリキガク
Subject Name in
English
Fluid Mechanics
Instructor UCHIDA TATSUHIKO
Instructor
(Katakana)
ウチダ タツヒコ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Mon5-8:ENG 117
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details)
 
LCD projector, Writing on blackboard 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction B : Japanese/English
Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 25 : Science and Technology
Course Area(Discipline) 13 : Civil Engineering
Eligible Students Undergraduate students in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Keywords hydrostatic pressure, kinetics and dynamics of fluid motions, viscous/inviscid fluid flow, conservation laws for mass and momentum, Bernouille's theorem, drag force, SDG_11 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
This lecture is concerned with (B) capacity to finding out the problems and (C) capacity to constitute the steps to solve the problems. 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Program of Civil and Environmental Engineering
(Abilities and Skills)
・Ability to structuralize problems
(Comprehensive Abilities)
・Ability to discover problems 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
This lecture aims at providing students with the kinetics and dynamics of fluid motions, and the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic forces acting on the hydraulic structures in order to understand the flow phenomena in real life and the design methodology of hydraulic structures.  
Class Schedule lesson1 Fundamentals: continuum, fluid, density, incompressibility, viscosity
lesson2 Hydrostatics (1): force, stress, pressure, manometer
lesson3 Hydrostatics (2): total pressure acting on planes
lesson4 Hydrostatics (3): total pressure acting on curved surfaces, Archimedes' principle
lesson5 Kinetics(1): velocity, acceleration, streamline, stream tube, Eulerian approach, Lagrangian approach
lesson6 Kinetics(2): strain rate, vorticity, rotational/ irrotational flow, potential flow
lesson7 Midterm test and review
lesson8 Basic equations for inviscid flows (1): continuity equation, Euler's equations
lesson9 Basic equations for inviscid flows (2): Bernouille's theorem and its applications
lesson10 Basic equations for inviscid flows (3): Application of Bernouille's theorem
lesson11 Hydrodynamic forces (1): Principle of momentum conservation
lesson12 Hydrodynamic forces (2): Application of Principle of momentum conservation (1)
lesson13 Hydrodynamic forces (3): Application of Principle of momentum conservation (2)
lesson14 Momentum and energy correction factors and one-dimensional analysis for momentum and energy conservation low of fluid flows.
lesson15 Basic equations for viscous flows (1): N-S equations

Tests after the classes, midterm tests and end-term test 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Hino, M.: Hydraulics, Mazuzen.
 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) LCD projector
Handout in English 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Review previous lessons using the handout, lecture notes and the textbook. 
Requirements This lecture needs basic knowledge of applied mathmatics. 
Grading Method The midterm test (about 40%) and an end-term test (about 60%), considering attitude for the classes 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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