Università Roma Tre

Introductory concepts. FOrce and moments on airfoils. Buckingham theorem. Governing equations in integral and differential form: mass, momentum, energy. COnstitutive relations. Bernouilli euqation. Vorticity and vortex theorems. Governing equations in non dimensional forms and characteristic numbers.
Potential flows and simple solutions in 2D. The case of the rotating cylinder.
Governing equations of the incompressible 2D bounday layer. Boundary layer separation.
Isentropic compressible flows: the quasi one-dimensional model. Normal shockwaves.

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Other suggested tests:
Cengel & Cimbala, "Meccanica dei Fluidi" (edizione italiana)
B.R. Munson, T.H. Okiishi, W.W. Huebsch, A.P. Rothmayer, "Meccanica dei fluidi" (edizione italiana)

Introduction to Hydrodynamics: physical properties of fluids. Hydrostatics: pressure distribution and determination of forces on surfaces. Kinematics: motion description, material derivative, Reynolds theorem, analysis of the velocity field in the neighbourhood of a point. Dynamics: mass and momentum equations. Kinetic energy equation for a real, incompressible fluid. Steady, uniform pipe motion. Hydraulic losses calculation. Energy exchange between a stream and a hydraulic machine.

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Fluid Mechanics, Yunus A. Çengel, John M. Cimbala, Mac Graw Hill

Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, Meccanica dei Fluidi, B.R. Munson, T.H. Okiishi, W.W. Huebsch, A.P. Rothmayer, John Wiley and Sons