A continuation of topics introduced in ME 391, with an emphasis on rigorous error analysis and requirements for dynamic measurements. The laboratory activities include projects chosen from several mechanical engineering disciplines. One hour lecture and two three-hour laboratories each week. The fundamental principles of incompressible fluid flow and their applications to pipe flow, open channel flow, and the performance of hydraulic turbomachines. Flow in pipe systems ranging from simple series systems to complex branched networks.
Uniform flows, gradually varying flows, rapid transitions, and hydraulic jumps in open channels.
Performance of radial, mixed-flow, and axial flow centrifugal pumps and turbines, and of impulse turbines. Solution methods are demonstrated on a wide range of engineering topics, including structures, fluids, thermal, thermal energy transport, and mechanical systems. ME 501A and ME 501B form an integrated, two semester sequence. Emphasizes physical phenomena that can be described by systems of Ordinary Differential Equations. Corequisite ME 501A recommended.