AEP 4340

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AEP 4340
Fluid and Continuum Mechanics

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

Topics: Introduction to fluid mechanics; elementary viscous flows, including Poiseuille and Couette flows; waves, including hydraulic jumps, bores,  and shock waves; classical aerofoil theory, including the Blasius and Kutta-Joukowski Lift  theorems; vortex motion, including von Kármán vortex streets; conservation properties of the Navier-Stokes equation; very viscous flows, including Stokes drag on a sphere; boundary layers; instabilities; and miscellaneous topics as time and taste permit, such as turbulence, chaos, and magnetohydrodynamics.  At the level of Elementary Fluid Dynamics by Acheson.

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: AEP 3330 and AEP 3550 or equivalent.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10843 AEP 4340   LEC 001

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  • Prerequisite: AEP 3330 & 3560 or equivalent.

  • 10844 AEP 4340   DIS 201

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