Instructor: Daene C. McKinney
Provide an introduction to the basic principles of incompressible fluid mechanics, including fluid properties, fluid statics and motion, pressure variations, conservation of fluid mass, momentum and energy, dimensional analysis and similitude, surface resistance, drag and lift, and closed conduit flow. This course introduces the application of basic principles of fluid mechanics to solve typical introductory problems of incompressible flow which are of interest in aerospace, architectural, civil, mechanical, and petroleum engineering practice. The course description from the 2000-2002 Undergraduate Catalog is "Fluid properties, hydrostatics, elements of fluid dynamics, energy and momentum, boundary layers, similitude, pipe flow, metering instruments, drag forces."
EM 306 (or EM 306S), Statics, or EM 311M, Dynamics, or equivalent
Homework is due by 4:00 PM in ECJ 8.6 on the second class day after it is assigned (unless a different time for submission is specified). This schedule is intended to allow you to review the problems as soon as they are assigned and ask any questions between when the assignment is given and the due date. Assignments due dates will be posted in the syllabus on the World Wide Web at the address: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/mckinney/ce319f/assign.html which may be modified from time to time by the instructor.
Homework that is late for any reason will be penalized 50% of
the homework grade, provided that it is submitted before the solutions are
placed on the web. No credit will be given for homework submitted after
solutions are placed on the web. Homework must be neat and must present
the solution in an orderly fashion. You should be able to understand your
solution six weeks, six months, or six years later. The problem statement need
not be copied, but the given and required information should be listed.
In most cases, a sketch should be given as part of the solution.
All equations used must be written in general symbol form before
specific numerical values are substituted into the equations. All dimensional
quantities (in the given information and in the answers) must have the appropriate
units given. It is not necessary to give units for every value in the middle
part of the computations. Answers must be marked. Points
will be assigned according to:
Attendance is expected and participation is required.
The teaching assistant or Dr. McKinney should be consulted for problems involving the lecture assignments. Dr. McKinney's office hours are listed on the WWW home page for the course. In addition to my posted office hours, I am available at other times to discuss the course material or other topics of interest to students. Please feel free to come to my office, call me on the telephone (471-8772), or send me E-mail: daene@aol.com. Please feel free to send me email at any time. I will respond promptly.
The course has been assigned TA and grader resources.
This course has a laboratory component. The first part of each lab session will be devoted to demonstration of some of the principles discussed in class and to calculations based on the measurements made in the lab. The second part of the lab will be a problem session. In order balance the sizes of the lab sections, it may be necessary to assign students to laboratory times that are different from the ones for which they are registered. Every reasonable effort will be made to consider students' class schedules and other commitments if the laboratory times are changed. The starting date for the labs will be announced in class, and the lab schedule will be on the class web pages.
All students registered in this course must have an email account. You may use your existing account or you may obtain a University Email account. We will be communicating electronically on a regular basis in this course. You are free to use your own computers, if you have them, or computers found in various dormitories and University computer laboratories. The Civil Engineering Department has a microcomputer laboratory, the Learning Resources Center (LRC) on the third floor of ECJ. The LRC is available for your use. Assistants in the LRC are there to operate the lab and respond to specific hardware and software problems. Typically, they do not have detailed knowledge of our course material, so don't expect them to be much help with that topic.
There will be two exams given in class and a comprehensive final exam. Exam dates and times are listed on the course assignments page. The exams will be closed book and closed notes. However, you will be allowed to bring one (1) 8.5 inch x 11 inch piece of paper to the exams. You may write on both sides of the paper anything that you feel may be helpful to you during the exam. Conversion factors, physical properties of fluids and trigonometric formulas will be provided to you on the exam paper as needed. You will be required to perform calculus level mathematics on each exam. For the 2nd exam, you may bring 2 sheets and for the final exam, 3 sheets.
Prior to the end of an exam the time remaining will be announced. You must submit your exam paper at the end of that time. At the end of the exam period the instructor or proctor will leave the room with all submitted exam material. Absolutely no exam material of any kind will be accepted by the instructor or proctor after leaving the exam room.
Makeup exams will not be given. Medical illness (or other comparable situation) will be the only excuse for being given credit for a missed exam. If you miss an exam during the semester for a medical reason, you will be assigned a grade for the exam based on the exams which you have taken as follows: A grade for the exam that you missed will be estimated based on how you did on the other exams during the semester relative to the rest of the class. If you miss an exam due to an illness, you will be asked to present definitive evidence that you were, in fact, ill. You must inform the instructor in advance that you are ill, unless there are compelling reasons why you cannot do so. If you miss an exam for reasons other than illness or other valid excuse, you will be assigned a grade of zero.
If, after an exam has been graded and returned, you have questions about the grading of the exam, please write your questions or comments on a separate sheet of paper and turn this in to the instructor with the exam paper. Exam papers will be accepted for re-evaluation for only one week after the exam has been returned because of the difficulty in remembering exactly how partial credit was assigned.
The basis of grading for this course will consist of the following components with the indicated weights:
Laboratory: 10%
Homework: 12%
Exams: 78%
| First Exam | 24% |
| Second Exam | 24% |
| Final Exam | 30% |
Letter grades will be based on the weighted average specified above and assigned as follows:
See Course Schedule for proceedures: http://www.utexas.edu/student/registrar/schedules/
Standard approved MEC form will be used.
The University of Texas at Austin provides, upon request, appropriate academic adjustments for qualified students with disabilities. Any student with a documented disability (physical or cognitive) who requires academic accommodations should contact the Services for Students with Disabilities area of the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259 as soon as possible to request an official letter outlining authorized accommodations. For more information, contact that Office, or TDD at 471-4641, or the College of Engineering Director of Students with Disabilities at 471-4321
Web-based, password-protected class sites will be associated with all academic courses taught at the University. Syllabi, handouts, assignments and other resources are types of information that may be available within these sites. Site activities could include exchanging email, engaging in class discussions and chats, and exchanging files. In addition, electronic class rosters will be a component of the sites. Students who do not want their names included in these electronic class rosters must restrict their directory information in the Office of the Registrar, Main Building, Room 1. For information on restricting directory information, see page 7 of the Course Schedule or http://www.utexas.edu/student/registrar/catalogs/gi00-01/app/appc09.html.