Course aims:

• Delivering theoretical and methodological basic notions related to Fluid Mechanics;
• Students customisation to the specific terminology and expressions of Fluid Mechanics;
• Presenting general notions related to laminar and turbulent flows;
• Explaining modelling methods of dynamic fluid systems.
• Understanding basic notions related to Fluid Mechanics, which will be used for describing specific phenomena regarding environmental pollution and environmental protection

Course Entry Requirements:

Physics, Mathematics, Mechanics

Course contents:

• Introduction, goals and objectives of this course; • Physical properties of fluids; • Fluid Statics; • Fluid kinematics; • Ideal fluid dynamics; • Principle of linear momentum and of angular momentum; • Real fluid dynamics; • Basics of turbulent flows; • Pipe flows without pressure losses; • Pipe flows with pressure losses; • Mass and heat transfer in fluids; • Characteristic numbers used in fluid dynamics for analyzing fluid-dynamic processes • Fluid-dynamic models used for describing environmental pollution phenomena • Conclusions related to relevance of fluid mechanics for environmental engineering

Teaching methods:

Giving lectures, presenting real case studies, explaining industrial processes based on fluids, conversation, exemplification, applying hands-on methods.

Learning outcomes:

 usage of basic fluid mechanics notions in solving environmental pollution problems;  gaining basic notions for further analyzing and assessing environmental pollution and protection field;  good expertise retrieval and systematic knowledge on the basis of deeper insights within the study of environmental pollution and protection subjects  basic notions for approaching environmentally friendly technologies (with small environmental impact)

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Oral examination – 50%; continuous assessment by preparing reports and delivering results of practical work in the laboratory – 25%; implication in solving problems during seminars – 25 %

Recommended reading:

• Tulbure, I.: Mecanica fluidelor. Didactica, University ”1 Decembrie 1918” Alba Iulia, 2014
• Dan Gh. Ionescu: Introducere în mecanica fluidelor. Tehnică Publishing House. Bucharest, 2004.
• Tulbure, I.: Mecanica fluidelor – Lecture. Institute for Applied Mechanics of the Clausthal Universito of Technology, Germany, 2003
• Jischa, M., F.: Konvektiver Impuls-, Wärme- und Stoffaustausch. Vieweg. Braunschweig, Germany, 1982.
• Irimie, I., I.: Mecanica fluidelor şi maşini hidraulice. Curs. Litografia Universităţii din Petroşani, 2000.