Instructor(s)
Prof. Gareth McKinley
MIT Course Number
2.25
As Taught In
Fall 2013
Level
Graduate
Course Description
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Course Description
This course is a survey of principal concepts and methods of fluid dynamics. Topics include mass conservation, momentum, and energy equations for continua; Navier-Stokes equation for viscous flows; similarity and dimensional analysis; lubrication theory; boundary layers and separation; circulation and vorticity theorems; potential flow; introduction to turbulence; lift and drag; surface tension and surface tension driven flows.
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