AIM OF THE COURSE: The aim of the course is to introduce the students with the basics
of the Fluid Mechanics, and to provide them with new, practical skills related to the
experimental studies of fluid flows, as well as with the analysis and assessment of various
fluid flow systems.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The main topics concern: introduction with the basic fluid
properties; properties of ideal and real (viscous) fluids; measurement of basic flow
parameters; Hydrostatics - surface and internal forces, pressure, fluid equilibrium under the
action of external force fields; fluid flow kinematics - methods for mathematical description
of the flow motion, streamlines and streamline surfaces; fluid dynamics - basic laws and
derived dependencies, Euler’s equations, Navier-Stokes and Bernoulli equations; laminar and
turbulent flows, boundary layer; hydraulic losses in fluid systems; resistance of streamlined
bodies, lift and drag forces.
