Explore a wide spectrum of flows from nature to engineering while learning the basic concepts, equations, and methods of fluid mechanics. Consider conservation laws and constitutive equations, derive the Navier-Stokes equations, and interpret exact and approximate solutions. Discussion includes an introduction to the theory of hydrodynamic stability and turbulent flows.
Overview of fluid mechanics
Kinematics of flow
Review of Tensors and the Stress Tensor
Conservation Laws: Mass, Momentum, and Energy
Constitutive Equations: the Navier-Stokes Equations, Boundary Conditions.
Potential Flows
Vortex motion
Dimensional analysis and similarity
Exact solutions of viscous flows
Creeping Flows
Boundary Layers
Hydrodynamic Stability
Turbulent flows
No textbook is set.
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