This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.
Prof. Gareth McKinley
Prof. Ahmed F. Ghoniem
Prof. Ain Sonin
Prof. Anette Hosoi
2.25
Fall 2005
Graduate
This course features a unit of interactive problems in the assignments section, and extensive study materials and related resources.
This course surveys the principal concepts and methods of fluid dynamics. Topics include mass conservation, momentum, and energy equations for continua, the Navier-Stokes equation for viscous flows, similarity and dimensional analysis, lubrication theory, boundary layers and separation, circulation and vorticity theorems, potential flow, an introduction to turbulence, lift and drag, surface tension and surface tension driven flows. The class assumes students have had one prior undergraduate class in the area of fluid mechanics. Emphasis is placed on being able to formulate and solve typical problems of engineering importance.
Gareth McKinley, Ahmed Ghoniem, Ain Sonin, and Anette Hosoi. 2.25 Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Fall 2005. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), https://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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