2.25 ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS

Ain A Sonin

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

TOPICS COVERED

1. Continuum viewpoint and the equation of motion
2. Static fluids
3. Mass conservation
4. Inviscid flow-- differential approach: Euler's equation, Bernoulli's integral and the effects of streamline curvature, the general form of Bernoulli's integral.
5. Control volume theorems (integral approach): linear momentum theorem, angular momentum theorem, and first and second laws of thermodynamics.
6. Navier-Stokes equation and viscous flow
7. Similarity and dimensional analysis
8. Boundary layers, separation and the effect on drag and lift
9. Vorticity and circulation
10. Potential flows; lift, drag and thrust production
11. Surface tension and its effect on flows
12. Introduction to turbulence