2.016
Hydrodynamics
Covers fundamental principles of fluid mechanics and applications to practical ocean engineering problems. Basic geophysical fluid mechanics, including the effects of salinity, temperature, and density; heat balance in the ocean; large scale flows. Hydrostatics. Linear free surface waves, wave forces on floating and submerged structures. Added mass, lift and drag forces on submerged bodies. Includes final project on current research topics in marine hydrodynamics.
Fall 2005 · Hydrodynamics (13.012)
Topics
- Introduction
- Hydrostatics
- Qualitative Flow Descriptions
- Lab Tour and Safety Briefing
- Bernoulli’s Equation
- Potential Flow
- Lab 1: Added Mass
- Unsteady Bernoulli’s Equation
- Added Mass
- Recitation
- Added Mass (cont.)
- Linear Free-Surface Gravity Waves
- Lab 2: Waves
- Waves (cont.)
- Energy in Waves
- Forces on Bodies
- Wave Drag
- Forces on Bodies (cont.)
- Lab 3: Ship Resistance
- Boundary Layers
- Vortex Induced Vibrations (VIV)
- Vortex Induced Vibrations (VIV) (cont.)
- Propellers
- Propellers (cont.)
- Fish Swimming
- Project Presentations
Readings
- There is no required textbook for the course, although students are expected to complete the assigned readings.
- Smits, A. J. A Physical Introduction to Fluid Mechanics . New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. ISBN: 9780471253495.
- White, F. Fluid Mechanics . 5th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2002. ISBN: 9780072831801.
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: 2.005 U (Fall) 3-0-9 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Fall 2005
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.