Readings

The suggested text is Introduction to Fluid Mechanics by James A. Fay (MIT Press, 1994). Readings in Fay's book are recommended in the outlines for each section. Fay's book is at the advanced undergraduate level, but covers most of the topics dealt with in the lectures. The lectures will cover some material with greater rigor or different emphasis; special notes are provided for selected topics, as indicated in the outlines. Students are responsible for material covered in class or indicated in the course outlines.

Knowledgeable students will be able to read equally profitably from alternative texts, provided they are in the habit of reading broadly and searching out references that satisfy them on the fundamentals.

A second book, Advanced Fluid Mechanics Problems by Ascher H. Shapiro and Ain A. Sonin, is required for all students.

• Fundamental Laws of Motion for Particles, Material Volumes, and Control Volumes (PDF)
  
• On Choosing and Using Control Volumes: Six Ways of Applying the Integral Mass Conservation Theorem to a Simple Problem (PDF)
  
• Equation of Motion for Viscous Fluids (PDF - 2.3 MB)