SYDE 282Fluid Mechanics
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Offered
- Fall
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1991–92 to 1994–95 (before that, 1973–74 to 1982–83 used the number for Mechanics of Deformable Solids and Thermodynamics (formerly SD384) and Thermodynamics); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Fundamental concepts in systems involving fluid flow. Basic treatment of statics, kinematics and dynamics of fluids. Conservation of mass, momentum and energy for a control volume. Dimensional analysis and similarity. Flow in pipes and channels. Brief introduction to boundary layers, lift and drag, ideal and compressible flow.
As printed in the 1991–92 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1973–74 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1991–92 to 1994–95 4 calendars
Fundamental concepts in systems involving fluid flow. Basic treatment of statics, kinematics and dynamics of fluids. Conservation of mass, momentum and energy for a control volume. Dimensional analysis and similarity. Flow in pipes and channels. Brief introduction to boundary layers, lift and drag, ideal and compressible flow.
Offered Fall · 3 class, 1 tutorial hours a week · 0.5 credit
Not in the 1983–84 to 1990–91 calendars.
1975–76 to 1982–83 8 calendars
Another title: Thermodynamics, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
An introductory course in engineering thermodynamics structured for students in Systems Design. Classical thermodynamics is presented as the systematic study of energy: its use, degradation, and waste. Applications focus on problems of energy and environment. The concepts of statistical thermodynamics are introduced briefly and their connections with information theory are described.
1974–75 1 calendar
Another title: Thermodynamics (formerly SD384), probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
The scope and limitations of thermodynamics. Macroscopic approach to energy, work and the First law. Introduction to statistical thermodynamics and the microscopic description of energy, work and the First Law. The fundamental energy equation. The Second Law of Thermodynamics, principle of increase of entropy limiting cycle efficiencies, criteria for equilibrium. Thermodynamic potentials. Irreversibility, friction, and availability. Phase equilibrium, phase change, mixtures. The steady flow energy equation and applications. The evaluation of state functions. .
1973–74 1 calendar
Another title: Mechanics of Deformable Solids, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
Statics and resistance of materials. Equilibrium of particles, rigid bodies and deformable bodies. Vector fields. Bay systems. Stress-strain relationships. Elastic and inelastic behaviour of prismatic members subjected to axial, shearing, torsional and flexural deformations.
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