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Intro to Fluid Mechanics for Engineering Students Part 2
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Intro to Fluid Mechanics for Engineering Students Part 2

Kinematics of Fluids, Reynolds Transport Theorem, Conservation of Mass, Linear Momentum, Bernoulli's Equation and more
Last updated 2/2026
English
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What you'll learn

  • Reynolds Transport Theorem
  • Conservation of Mass
  • Linear Momentum & Angular Momentum Equations
  • Bernoulli Equation and more!

Course content

4 sections51 lectures11h 11m total length
  • Welcome to Fluid Mechanics Part 2!1:59

    Access the downloadable outline of notes for fluid mechanics part two, featuring conservation of mass, Reynolds transport theorem, Bernoulli's equation, and fluid momentum (linear and angular).

  • Fluid Classifications & Downloadable Outline of Notes20:17

    Explore the kinematics of flowing fluids, detailing position, velocity, and acceleration. Classify flow by friction, dimension, and space-time, covering laminar, turbulent, transitional, steady, nonuniform, with velocity fields and streamlines.

  • Example9:26

    Find the streamline through (1,2) using dy/dx = v/u with u=2y^2 and v=4, yielding y = cube root(6x+2); compute velocity 8.94 m/s and direction 26.6 degrees.

  • Streamtubes, pathlines, streaklines7:44

    Explore streamlines, stream tubes, pathlines, and streaklines to see how velocity components u and v shape flow. Close streamlines speed up particles; wider gaps slow them, via integration.

  • Example9:33

    Derive the streamline equation from u=10 and v=-3, using the release point 2,1, then show that for steady flow the streamline, streakline, and pathline coincide.

  • Fluid Flow Descriptions8:51

    Define the system and surroundings, then compare Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of fluid flow. Track a particle with r(t) and velocity, or analyze velocity field v(x,y,z,t) in a control volume.

  • Example & Homework10:59

    Derive and plot streamlines for a flow by solving dy/dx = v/u with u=3x^2+1 and v=4 t x y, through (1,3) at t=1 and t=1.5, for x from 0 to 5.

  • Fluid Acceleration 2-D16:22

    Apply Newton's second law to fluids in a control volume, revealing unsteady, non-uniform flow in a converging nozzle and deriving acceleration via the chain rule and the material derivative.

  • Fluid Acceleration 3D10:07

    Explore three-dimensional flow by treating velocity as a function of x, y, z, and t, and derive the local and convective acceleration components.

  • Example13:06

    Compute ax and ay for a two-dimensional velocity field at (1,2) using local and convective terms, then find the velocity component along 40 degrees and directions of velocity and acceleration.

  • Example & Homework10:45

    Derive the streamline through (2,1) for u=3xy and v=2y, yielding y = 1 + (2/3) ln(x/2), and determine the acceleration at (2,1) with magnitude about 30.3 m/s^2, flow is steady.

  • Streamline Coordinates15:26

    Learn streamline coordinates for curved-paths, with s tangent and n normal axes toward the center of curvature, and derive local and convective acceleration components, including v squared over R.

  • Example8:37

    Compute the streamline and normal components of a particle's acceleration from given velocity components, using unit vectors, dot products, and theta to find magnitudes.

  • Example & Homework5:57

Requirements

  • Intro to Fluid Mechanics for Engineering Students Part 1
  • Calculus & Differential Equations
  • Knowledge of Free Body Diagrams

Description

Course updated 2/2026

Are you tired of struggling in your Fluids class?

If you answered yes, then this course is for you! Here you'll find easy-to-understand lectures and plenty of fully-worked examples to help you learn the challenging subject of Fluid Mechanics.

This course is the second in a 3-course series designed to teach the fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics. In this section, we dive into the world of fluid in motion... this is where it starts getting good!

Here's what we'll cover

This course covers the following topics that are generally found in a university-level Intro to Fluids class:

  • Streamtubes, Pathlines, Streaklines

  • Fluid Acceleration

  • Reynolds Transport Theorem

  • Conservation of Mass

  • Volumetric Flow

  • Linear Momentum Equation

  • Bernoulli Equation

  • And more!

Here's what you get when you enroll

  • Lifetime access to the course

  • Easy to follow, on-demand lecture videos

  • Plenty of fully-worked examples in a variety of difficulty levels

  • 8 homework sets with solutions

  • Downloadable outline of notes to help you create an organized set of notes and to help you follow along

Textbook Reference

Fluid Mechanics, 2nd Edition by R.C. Hibbeler

We will cover chapters 3-6 from the Hibbeler textbook

What's the format of the course?

Let me just say that I hate engineering courses taught with PowerPoint slides. Due to this, you will not find slides here.

I think people learn better when they have to write the material. That means the majority of my lectures are handwritten. I give you an outline of notes to help you follow along and to help minimize the length of the videos. 

Speaking of video length... am I the only one who doesn't like watching hour-long lecture videos? I didn't think so.

To eliminate that frustration, my lectures are broken up into shorter segments, typically 12-15 minutes.

And if you are here for examples, I made them easy to find. Almost all the examples are in their own videos, that way you can look through the notes and pick and choose which ones you want to watch.

Who this course is for:

  • Students currently enrolled in a university-level Fluids course
  • Engineers studying for the Fundamentals of Engineering exam