Fluid Mechanics

Catalog description

Properties of fluids, dimensional analysis. Fluid statics, forces on submerged surfaces, kinematics. Conservation equations. Frictionless incompressible flows, Euler's equations, Bernoulli's equation: thrust, lift, and drag. Vorticity and circulation. Navier-Stokes equation, applications. Laminar and turbulent boundary layers, flow separation. Steady one-dimensional compressible flow. Sound, velocity, flow with area change, normal shocks. Lectures, laboratory. Prerequisites: MATH 0180 or 0200 , ENGN 0040 or PHYS 0050 or PHYS 0070 , APMA 0330 or APMA 0350 (can be concurrent).