Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

Where fluid mechanics comes to life!

Author

Kartik Bulusu

Published

August 20, 2025

Important

Referencing the content in this course:

Bulusu, Kartik V. (2025). MAE 3127 Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University.

Course description

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Sourece: fluid dynamics by M. Oki Orlando from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0)

This laboratory course teaches the following topics through experiments and recitations:

  • Usage of basic of fluid properties, fluid statics
  • Laboratory-based application of Integral and differential formulations of conservation of mass, momentum, and energy
  • Laboratory-based application Bernoulli’s equation, dimensional analysis and similitude
  • Applications of inviscid and viscous flow.
  • Experiments and introductory-level Python Programming in fluid mechanics


Location & Time

SEH B1200: Laboratory

SEH B1280: Recitation

Meeting times

  • Section 31: Wednesday 11:10 AM - 12:25 PM
  • Section 32: Wednesday 12:45 PM - 02:00 PM
  • Section 30: Wednesday 03:45 PM - 05:00 PM

Additional Course Information

  • The course outline presented on this webpage is subject to change depending on the pace of the class. Pay attention to the location of each meeting. Sometimes you will be in the GW assigned classroom, and sometimes you will be in the Fluids Lab.

  • The attendees will be expected to bring their own laptops, books and writing instruments.

  • The students will be expected to work in small groups using a limited number of hardware components and WiFi connectivity that will be made available.

Course Prerequisites

ApSc 2058

Audience and credit-level

The course is designed for junior-level undergraduate students as a 1-credit course.

Textbook, hardware and other course material

There is no textbook requirement for this course. All reading, hardware and course material will be provided by the instructor.

Important

Kindly note that

  • Your personal machine should be able to connect to the WiFi network provided at the location.

  • The instruction team does not provide Computer Tech support unless there are minor issues that could be sorted out.

  • We prefer that your computer

    • is a laptop, with either MacOS 12+ or Windows 10+ operating system
    • has a standard US keyboard layout i.e, a QWERTY keyboard.
      • The QWERTY (pronounced KWEHR-tee) keyboard is the standard typewriter and computer keyboard in countries that use a Latin-based alphabet.