Introduction to Incompressible Fluid Dynamics

Catalog description

This course covers the fundamentals of inviscid and viscous incompressible fluid dynamics. Topics presented will be considered from the following: fluid kinematics and deformation; integral conservation laws of mass, momentum and energy for finite systems and control volumes; differential conservation laws of mass, momentum and energy; the Navier-Stokes equations; the streamfunction and the velocity potential. Applications will be considered from the following topics: hydrostatics; incompressible, inviscid, irrotational (potential) flows; incompressible boundary layer flows; viscous incompressible steady internal and external flows; and dimensional analysis. Recommended background: differential equations (MA2051 or equivalent), dynamics (ES 2503, PH 2101 or equivalent), thermodynamics (ES 3001, PH 2101, CH 3510 or equivalent). Students may not receive credit for both AE 2110 and AE 3602.