Fluid mechanics

This first module in fluid mechanics aims to provide basic information on the behavior of industrial fluids (air, water, hydraulic fluid) with a view to designing simple systems involving fluids in static or dynamic conditions (flow rates, pressure, speed, pressure drops, etc.). The focus is on the study and design of hydraulic installations.

• Determine the forces exerted on a solid surface by a fluid at rest or by a perfect fluid in motion.
• Characterize a simple ideal fluid flow (flow rate, velocity, pressure)
• Sizing a hydraulic network (1D model, taking pressure losses into account, choosing a pump)
• Determine aerodynamic forces and understand the technological solutions that influence these forces.
• Conduct a dimensional analysis to study a phenomenon using a scale model.

Kinematics and statics of solids (concepts of force, moment, principle of reciprocal actions, velocity and acceleration of a point)

Simple materials and structures (dimensional analysis, concept of stress)

Solid dynamics (fundamental principle of dynamics)

Thermodynamics (concept of work, ideal gas law)

100% continuous assessment 

(grade given by: 0.3*CC1+0.4*CC2+0.3*TP)

• Fluid statics (law of statics, Archimedes' principle)
• Perfect fluid (Euler's theorem, Bernoulli's theorem)
• Newtonian fluid (concepts of viscosity, viscous stress, pressure losses, pumps, external aerodynamics)
• Dimensional analysis and similarity