Schedule

The agenda may be updated with minor changes during course

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.

Important
  • The attached course outline 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 (SEH B1280 and SEH 1200).
  • The course is desinged with active learning modules with limited number of hardware components.
Week Date Laboratory or Recitation Topic Room Deliverables (Due date)
0: 08/25 to 08/31 08/27
  • Lab-0: Buoyancy force on Tin Foil Boat
  • Installation of Python IDE (Anaconda or Thonny)
 SEH B1200 Upload Lab-0 data by 08/29
09/01 Labor Day (no classes)
1: 09/01 to 09/07 09/03
  • Recitation-0: Manometers
  • P-Set0: Practice Problems on Manometers
 SEH B1280 Submit P-Set0 solutions by 09/06
2: 09/08 to 09/14 09/10
  • Recitation-1: Hydrostatic forces and Gates
  • P-Set1: Practice Problems on Hydrostatic forces and Gates
 SEH B1280 Submit P-Set1 solutions by 09/12
3: 09/15 to 09/21 09/17
  • Lab-1: Buoyancy Application Experiment
  • Python Programming:Very basics to analyze data
 SEH B1280 Submit Lab-1 data and a working Python program by 9/19
4: 09/22 to 09/28 09/24
  • Lab-2: Venturi Tube
 SEH B1200 None
5: 09/29 to 10/05 10/1
  • Recitation-2: Review
  • P-Set2: Practice Problems
 SEH B1280 Submit P-Set2 solutions by 10/03
6: 10/06 to 10/12 10/08
  • Lab-3: Hydraulic Jump Experiment
 SEH B1200 Submit Lab-2 report on Venturi Tube by 10/08
7: 10/13 to 10/19 10/15
  • Lab-4: Impact of a Jet
 SEH B1200 Submit Lab-3 report on Hydraulic Jump by 10/15
8: 10/20 to 10/26 10/22 Laboratory Make Up Session SEH B1200 None
9: 10/27 to 11/02 10/29 Engineering Ethics
  • Case studies
  • Introduction to the Group Poster Project
  • Group Formation
 SEH B1280 None
10: 11/03 to 11/09 11/05
  • Recitation-3: Exact solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations
  • P-Set3: Practice problems on Navier-Stokes Equations
 SEH B1280
  • Submit P-Set3 solutions by 11/07
  • Submit Lab-4 report on Impact of Jet by 11/08
11: 11/10 to 11/16 11/12
  • Lab-5: Fluid Friction
 SEH B1200 None
12: 11/17 to 11/23 11/19
  • Recitation-4: Final Review
  • P-set4: Practice Problems
 SEH B1200
  • Submit Ethics Poster draft by 11/23
  • Submit P-Set4 solutions by 12/01
  • Submit Lab-5 report on Fluid Friction by 12/01
13: 11/24 to 11/30 11/19 Thanksgiving Break (no classes) Make sure you
  • Submit P-Set4 solutions by 12/01, and
  • Submit Lab-5 report on Fluid Friction by 12/01
14: 12/01 to 12/07 11/26 Engineering Ethics Poster Presentations SEH B1280 Final Reminder that you need to
  • Submit P-Set4 solutions by 12/01, and
  • Submit Lab-5 report on Fluid Friction by 12/01
12/08 Last Day of Classes
12/09 Designated Thursday
12/10 Designated Friday
12/11 Make-up/Reading Day
12/12 to 12/18 Final Exams