3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Distance Learning Upper Division
Kinematics of fluids and conservation equations for mass, momentum, and energy. Viscous and inviscid incompressible flow. Lift and drag in subsonic flow. Introduction to compressibility and boundary layers. Potential flow.
Learning Outcomes1Calculate hydrostatic pressure distributions, forces, and moments.
2Calculate aerodynamic forces and moments from pressure and shear stress distributions.
3Apply similitude to scale data.
4Apply global conservation of mass and momentum (Control Volume analysis) to engineering systems.
5Apply Bernoulli's equation to relate velocity and pressure.
6Calculate velocity and pressure fields using potential theory.
7Apply the Navier-Stokes Equations to obtain exact solutions and compute shear stress and other flow quantities.
8Apply the Blasius Boundary Layer Solution and integral methods to obtain boundary-layer flow properties.
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