3 credits
Fall 2025 Distance Learning Lecture Upper Division
Fluid properties. Basic laws for a control volume. Kinematics of fluid flow. Dynamics of frictionless incompressible flow and basic hydrodynamics. Equations of motion for viscous flow, viscous flow applications, boundary layer theory. Wall turbulence, lift and drag of immersed bodies.
Learning Outcomes1State basic laws for a control volume in different coordinate systems.
2Derive the kinematics of fluid flow in problem solving.
3Derive the equations for frictionless and incompressible flows.
4Derive the basic equations of motion of viscous flows.
5Find standard exact solutions of viscous-flow equations and apply them.
6Derive and solve basic equations of boundary-layer theory.
7Find lift and drag forces on immersed bodies with simple shapes.
8Understand concepts of incompressible turbulent flows and wall turbulence.
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