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Mechanics of Fluids

3-0-6 units · Graduate

Advanced subject in fluid and continuum mechanics. Content includes kinematics, macroscopic balances for linear and angular momentum, the stress tensor, creeping flows and the lubrication approximation, the boundary layer approximation, linear stability theory, and some simple turbulent flows.

Spring 2006

This course is an advanced subject in fluid and continuum mechanics. The course content includes kinematics, macroscopic balances for linear and angular momentum, stress tensors, creeping flows and the lubrication approximation, the boundary layer approximation, linear stability theory, and some simple turbulent flows.

Readings

  • No specific textbook was used in the course, but the following may be a useful reference:
    Listed reading
  • Panton, Ronald L. Incompressible Flow . 3rd ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2005. ISBN: 9780471261223.
    Listed reading
  • There is no required textbook for this course. However, students may find the following to be a useful reference:
    Listed reading
  • Panton, Ronald L. Incompressible Flow. 3rd ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2005. ISBN: 9780471261223.
    Listed reading

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: 10.50 Acad Year 2027-2028: G (Fall) Acad Year 2028-2029: Not offered 3-0-6 units

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