This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Assignments

Most assigned problems are listed here through reference to their sources. Problems for Section 5, Control Volume Theorems, are provided below in both interactive HTML and PDF forms.

[S&S] = Shapiro, Ascher H., and Ain A. Sonin. Advanced Fluid Mechanics Problems. (Self-published manuscript)

[K&C] = Buy at Amazon Kundu, Pijush K., and Ira M. Cohen. Fluid Mechanics. 3rd ed. Burlington, MA: Elsevier, 2004. ISBN: 9780121782535.

SECTIONS PROBLEMS
1. Continuum Viewpoint and the Equation of Motion [S&S] 1.01
2. Static Fluids [S&S] 1.3, 1.4, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, and 1.18
3. Mass Conservation [S&S] 3.3, 3.5, 3.7, and 3.8
4. Inviscid Flow [S&S] 4.1, 4.4, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.15, 4.18, 4.19, 4.21, 4.23, 4.24, and 4.28
5. Control Volume Theorems Problems Pages
6. Navier-Stokes Equation and Viscous Flow [S&S] 6.3, 6.6, 6.10, 6.13, 6.20, 6.16, 6.22, and 8.3
7. Similarity and Dimensional Analysis [S&S] 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 7.9, 7.11, 7.14, 7.16, and 7.18
8. Potential Flow [K&C] Exercises 1, 4, and 8 on pp. 196-197
9. Boundary Layers, Separation and Drag [S&S] 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, and 9.11
11. Surface Tension and its Importance [S&S] 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7