Applied Mathematics

Learn Fluid Mechanics

Fluid motion from the material derivative up: conservation of mass, the stream function, the stress tensor and the Cauchy momentum equation, Navier-Stokes and the Reynolds number, the exact Couette and Poiseuille solutions, Stokes flow and life at low Reynolds number, vorticity and vortex stretching, Kelvin's circulation theorem, Bernoulli, potential flow and d'Alembert's paradox, the Kutta-Joukowski lift, Prandtl's boundary layer and the Blasius solution, hydrodynamic stability, the Kolmogorov cascade, compressible flow with normal shocks, and the dispersion of water waves.

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What you'll learn

30 lessons in Fluid Mechanics

The material derivativeConservation of massStreamlines and the stream functionStress and the Cauchy momentum equationThe Navier-Stokes equationsNondimensionalising and the Reynolds numberCouette and Poiseuille flowStokes flow and life at low Reynolds numberVorticity and vortex stretchingKelvin's circulation theoremBernoulli's theoremPotential flow and d'Alembert's paradoxCirculation and liftThe boundary layerHydrodynamic stabilityTurbulence and the energy cascadeCompressible flow and shocksWater wavesViscous dissipation and the energy budgetSurface tension and the Young-Laplace lawStokes' first problemLubrication theoryNon-Newtonian fluidsRayleigh-Bénard convectionRotating flows and the Taylor-Proudman theoremEkman layersPoint vortices and the Biot-Savart lawThin airfoil theory and induced dragOblique shocks and expansion fansThe hydraulic jump and the Froude number
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