Course detail
Seminar of Applied Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines
FSI-0MT Acad. year: 2024/2025 Winter semester
Subject presents all research areas covered by department of fluids engineering, current research projects and topics of master thesis. Students are acquainted wih all subjects at specialization Fluid Engineering.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
1
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Knowledge of fluid mechanics on the level of courses Hydromechanics and Thermomechanics.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Zápočet.
Absence tolerated after agreement with teacher.
Aims
Goal of the subject is to get acquainted the students with state-of-the-art in the our research field, current research projects and enable easier selection of master thesis topic.
Overview of the fluid engineering and currect research at our department.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
specialization ENI: Power Engineering, elective
Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
specialization FLI: Fluid Engineering, elective
Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
specialization TEP: Environmental Engineering, elective
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Presentation of specialization Fluid engineering and V. Kaplan Department of Fluid Engineering.
2. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) – flow simulations in "virtual" laboratory.
3. Design of fluid machines – pumps and hydraulic turbines.
4. Application of CFD for fluid machine design.
5. Biofluid mechanics – blood flow, artificial heart and valves, pump for extracorporal circuit.
6. Experimental fluid mechanics – measurement of hydraulic and mechanical quantities on model and prototype.
7. Dynamics of power machines – vibrations, pulsations within fluid machines and induced by fluid machines.
8. Fluid power mechanisms – high-pressure hydraulics and pneumatics
9. Pipeline technology – transport of liquids and gases, water hammer.
10. Waste water treatment, drinking water treatment.
11. Hydroelasticity – vibrations of elastic bodies submerged in liquid.
12. Cavitation and multiphase flows.
13. Presentation of master thesis topics.