3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Upper Division
Fluid statics, Newton's law of viscosity, shell momentum balances, equations of continuity and motion, one dimensional flow problems, flow through porous media, velocity distributions with more than one independent variable, two dimensional flow through a channel, stream function, velocity potential, dimensional analysis, boundary layer, turbulent flow, Reynolds stress, form and skin friction, application of macroscopic momentum and mechanical energy balances to engineering problems.
Learning Outcomes1Know the principles of fluid statics.
2Know the principles of dimensional analysis for analysis of flow problems.
3Know the characteristics and analysis of the flow of food and biological fluids.
4Gain an understanding of the principles of turbulent flow.
5Know how to apply macroscopic mass and momentum balances to flow problems in food and biological systems.
Prerequisites
made by Purdue students.