Viscous Flow

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: AEROSP 325. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) The Navier-Stokes equations, including elementary discussion of tensors, exact solutions. Laminar boundary-layer theory; three-dimensional and compressible boundary layers. Laminar-flow instability theory; transition. Introduction to the mechanics of turbulence; turbulent free shear flows and boundary layers.