MAE 6010 - Foundations of Fluid Mechanics I

(crosslisted) PHYS 7601

Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: MAE 3230 or higher, in addition to basic knowledge in Vector Calculus, Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, and Complex Variable Analysis. Enrollment limited to: graduate standing or permission of instructor.

D. Erickson.

Foundations of fluid mechanics from an advanced viewpoint, including formulation of continuum fluid dynamics; kinematic descriptions of fluid flow, derivation of the Navier-Stokes equations and energy equation for compressible fluids; and sound waves, viscous flows, boundary layers, and potential flows.