ME 300 Advanced Fluid Mechanics
A more rigorous mathematical introduction to fluid mechanics. Derivation of Navier-Stokes; physical properties of real gases; the equations of motion of viscous and inviscid dynamics; the dynamical significance of vorticity; vortex dynamics; Kelvin circulation theorem and consequences; Biot-Savart Law, exact solutions in vortex dynamics; motion at high Reynolds numbers; hydrodynamic stability; boundary layers; flow past bodies; compressible flow; subsonic, transonic, and supersonic flow; Lax theory of shock waves.
Prerequisite
ME 200A, ME 200B
Corequisite
AMCS 201, AMCS 202