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Readings

Texts

Newman, J. N. Marine Hydrodynamics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1977.
(not required - an old edition will do, however, readings are assigned.)

Sabersky, Rolf H., et al. Fluid Flow. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999. ISBN: 013576372X.

JNN - Newman, MARINE HYDRODYNAMICS

SAH - Sabersky, Acosta, Haouptmann & Gates, FLUID FLOW, 4th Ed.

* - Mark for advanced subjects

Recommended Readings

  • 0. Introduction - JNN 1.0, 3.0, 3.1, SAH 1.1, 1.2, App.3
  • 1. Basic Equations - JNN 3.3, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, SAH 2.2, 4.2, 2.4
    • 1.1 Description of Flow
    • 1.2 Mass & Momentum Conservation - JNN 3.6, 3.9, SAH 2.6, 2.8
    • 1.3 Transport Theorem
    • 1.4 Continuity Equation
    • 1.5 Euler's Equation
    • 1.6 Newtonian Fluids
    • 1.7 Navier-Stokes Equation
    • 1.8 Boundary Conditions
    • 1.9 Body Forces, Gravity

  • 2. Similitude
    • 2.1 Dimensional Analysis - JNN 2.0, 2.2, SAH 5.1
    • 2.2 Similarity Parameters - JNN 1.0, SAH 5.2, 5.3

  • 3. Ideal (Inviscid) Fluid Flow - JNN 4.0, 4.2, SAH 2.2, 2.4, 6.1, 6.4
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Vorticity, Kelvin's Th.
    • 3.3 Potential Flow
    • 3.4 Bernoulli's Equation - JNN 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, SAH 3.1, 3.6
    • 3.5 Boundary Conditions
    • 3.6 Stream Function
    • 3.7 Simple Potential Flows - JNN4.5, (4.18), 4.10, SAH 6.5, 6.6, 6.8, 6.9
    • 3.8 Method of Images
    • 3.9 D'Alembert's Paradox
    • 3.10 Lift Due to Circulation - JNN(4.13, 4.16), SAH 6.7, 6.11
    • 3.11 Unsteady Motion, Added Mass
    • *3.12 Slender-Body Approx.

  • 4. Real (Viscous) Fluid Flow - JNN 2.4, 2.12, 2.5, SAH 5.7, 5.8, 7.1, 7.2
    • 4.1 Flow Past a Sphere
    • 4.2 Drag on a Flat Plate
    • 4.3 Plane Couette Flow - JNN 3.10, 3.13, SAH 7.3, 7.4
    • 4.4 Poiseuille Flow
    • *4.5 Unsteady Flow over a Flat Plate
    • 4.6 Laminar Boundary Layer - JNN 3.14, 3.16, SAH 8.1, 8.4
    • 4.7 Turbulent Flow, Reynolds' Stress - JNN 3.17, 3.21, SAH 8.9
    • 4.8 Turbulent Boundary Layer

  • 5. Model Tests - JNN 2.5, 2.6, SAH 5.7, 5.8, 8.10
    • 5.1 Steady Flow
    • 5.2 Unsteady Forces - JNN 2.11, 2.9
    • *5.3 Drag on a Ship Hull

  • 6. Surface Waves - JNN 2.3, (4.9), 6.0, 6.2, SAH 11.1, 11.13
    • 6.1 Introduction
    • 6.2 Small Amplitude Waves
    • 6.3 Plane Progressive Waves
    • 6.4 Wave Dispersion - JNN 6.3, (6.5), 6.6, 6.8
    • *6.5 Mass Transport
    • 6.6 Superposition
    • 6.7 Group Velocity, Wave Energy
    • 6.8 2D Ship Waves, Wave Resistance - JNN 6.9, 6.10
    • *6.9 3D Ship Wave Pattern
    • 6.10 Wave Forces on a Body - JNN 2.13, 2.14

  • 7. Lifting Surfaces - JNN 2.7, 5.0, 5.1, SAH 6.11, 6.12
    • 7.1 Lift and Drag of a Foil
    • 7.2 2D Lifting Surfaces, Linearized theory, Analysis & Design Probs - JNN 5.2, 5.5, SAH 6.13
    • *7.3 3D Lifting Surfaces - JNN 5.8, 5.10
    • *7.4 Propellers - JNN 2.8, 2.10