School of Mathematics
School of Mathematics
Course 431 - Fluid mechanics 2001-02 (Optional JS & SS Mathematics, JS & SS Theoretical Physics, SS
Two-subject Moderatorship
)
Lecturer: Professor L.J. Crane
Requirements/prerequisites:
131, 231
Duration: 21 weeks.
Number of lectures per week: 3
Assessment:
End-of-year Examination: One 3-hour examination
Description:
The topics dealt with in this course are:
- (a)
- derivation of the Navier-Stokes equations: exact solutions of
the Navier
Stokes equations, Stokes flows, lubrication theory, irrotational inviscid
flows, aerofoil theory;
- (b)
- Applications of fluid mechanics in meteorology. (3
lectures)
- (c)
- derivation of the boundary layer equations: exact solutions,
approximate methods of solution, separation of the boundary layer.
Objectives: This is a course in the mechanics of Newtonian fluids.
Oct 9, 2001
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