ChEn 8101

Course Title:
          ChEn 8101 - Fluid Mechanics
Lectures:
          120 Amundson Hall
          Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Instructor:
          Professor Satish Kumar
          Email: kumar@cems.umn.edu
          Phone: 5-2558
          Office: 201 Amundson Hall
          Office Hours: Monday: 11:00am - 12:00PM, Tuesday: 2:30 - 3:30PM
Teaching Assistant:
          Damien Brewer
          Email: brew0109@umn.edu
          Phone: 6-8655
          Mailbox: 6
          Office: 60 Amundson Hall
          Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday: 9:30 - 10:30AM, Tuesday: 4:00 - 5:00PM
Textbook:
        Incompressible Flow, 3rd ed., R L Panton, Wiley, 2005.

Announcements:
          11/11/2009:     A (lightly annotated) handout on the origins of surface tension is attached here.
          10/26/2009:     Prof. Kumar will hold office hours the week of Oct 26 only by appointment.
          10/23/2009:     The midterm key is available here.
          10/06/2009:     Damien will not be available for office hours on Wednesday, Oct. 7th.
          09/24/2009:     We've posted a handout on second-order tensors and additional notes.
          09/21/2009:     Notes from the vector notation session are posted here.
          09/14/2009:     A vector notation session will be held on Thursday, September 17 at 6-7pm. To be held in Amundson Rm 162.
          09/14/2009:     TA office hours on Monday and Wednesday will now be held at 9:30-10:30am (with flexibility before and after if needed)
          08/31/2009:     Homework 1 has been posted
          08/31/2009:     For a brief review of Fourier series, see the attached handout and exercise solution.
          08/31/2009:     We've posted a handout with some ''warm-up'' math problems for practice.
          08/31/2009:     The first day of class will be Wednesday, September 9, 2009.

HW#	Assigned Date	Due Date	Average	Problems	Solutions	Comments/Hints
1	Wed, 9/9	Wed, 9/23	66/71	HW 1	Solution	Addendum
2	Wed, 9/23	Wed, 9/30	47/50	HW 2	Solution
3	Wed, 9/30	Wed, 10/7	52/55	HW 3	Solution
4	Wed, 10/7	Wed, 10/21	68/74	HW 4	Solution	2(b). Refer to HW 1 problem 2(c)-(e)
5	Wed, 10/14	Wed, 10/28	42/45	HW 5	Solution
6	Wed, 10/18	Wed, 11/4	44/45	HW 6	Solution
7	Wed, 11/4	Wed, 11/11	33/35	HW 7	Solution
8	Wed, 11/11	Wed, 11/18		HW 8	Solution
9	Wed, 11/18	Wed, 12/2		HW 9	Solution