Topic:Fluid mechanics

WELCOME TO THE DIVISION OF FLUID MECHANICS ! A subdivision of the Division of Applied Mechanics

Division of Fluid mechanics

Fluid mechanics is a study of the properties, behavior, stresses and motions of materials in the liquid and gaseous states.

Affiliated Departments

The School of Engineering The School of Hydrology The School of Marine Sciences The School of Meteorology The School of Physics and Astronomy General engineering Aeronautical engineering Aerospace engineering Automotive engineering Biochemical engineering

Biomedical engineering Chemical engineering Ecological engineering Energy and Energy Efficiency Engineering Environmental engineering Fire protection engineering Genetic engineering Geological engineering Geotechnical engineering Industrial engineering

Materials science and engineering Mechanical engineering Mechatronics engineering Metallurgical Engineering Nuclear engineering Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture Petroleum engineering Sanitary engineering Test engineering

Subject Areas

1. Fluid Statics (Hydrostatics)
2. Fluid dynamics
3. Continuum mechanics
4. Aerodynamics
5. Computational fluid dynamics
6. Turbulence
7. Hydrology
8. Meteorology
9. Microfluid mechanics
10. Ocean wave mechanics
11. Rheology

Featured learning resource

• Continuum mechanics - Peruse this marvelous course!!
• Fluid mechanics for MAP - This course is given within the Master Degree Program in Advanced Materials and Processes (MAP) at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
• Microfluid mechanics
• Aerodynamics - This is an attempt to establish a graduate level Aerodynamics course.

Division news

Division fully remodeled on December 30, 2007!!!

Participants

Ö. Ertunç, (LSTM-Erlangen)

Books

• Wikibooks:Fluid Mechanics

Quotes

"At each stage I reach a balance, a conclusion. At the next sitting, if I find that there is a weakness in the whole, I make my way back into the picture by means of the weakness (I re-enter through the breach) and I reconceive the whole. Thus everything becomes fluid again."
— Henri Matisse, quoted by Tériade in "Minotaure"

Learning projects

• EEN-U3-1000 Wave Energy Generation Learning Project
• EEN-U4-3100 Vessel Design Learning Project
• EEN-U4-3200 Tidal Control Learning Project
• EEN-U4-3300 Battle Damage Learning Project
• EEN-U4-3400 Benthic Mining Learning Project
• EEN-U4-3500 Artic Habitat Learning Project

Content development projects

• Topic:Computational fluid dynamics is in dire need of an instructor!
• Rheology is a lost art form that needs resurrection.

Research projects

None Yet. Future Projects could be:

• Meteorological Evaluation of Jet-Stream Fluctuations due to Climate Change

Things you can do

1. Continue Organizing!!
2. Flesh out topics where needed!!
3. Begin a Learning Project page and brainstorm problems to solve!
4. Develop content for Learning Resources!

Fluid mechanics External links

• iMechanica - the web of mechanicians
• MIT Course Materials On-line