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MAA2042

Introduction to fluid dynamics

4 points * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: MAA2011 * Corequisites: MAT2010

Fluid properties, compressibility and viscosity. Inviscid, incompressible fluids. Velocity field, continuity. Pressure. Equations of motion in various forms. Energy and Bernoulli's equation. Potential flow and its significance, drag. Two-dimensional solutions to Laplace's equation. Complex potential, cylinder with circulation.

Assessment

Examinations (1.5 hours): 85% * Tests and assignments during the semester: 15%

Recommended texts

Lighthill J An informal introduction to theoretical fluid mechanics OUP, 1986



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