Engelska Studiehandboken kurser
Mechanical Engineering
MTM038 Advanced Fluid Mechanics 9.0 ECTS credits
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TIMEPERIOD: Q I-II
LANGUAGE: English/Swedish
EXAMINER
H Gustavsson Prof
PREREQUISITES
MTM052 Hydromechanics, MAM003 Mathematics
COURSE AIM
The purpose of the course is to develop an understanding of fluid mechanical phenomena on the basis of a differential equation formulation of the equations of motion.
CONTENTS
Description of the flow field (30%): The continuum model, Euler and Lagrange coordinates, particle path, streakline, streamline, stream function, circulation, vorticity, potential; laws for mass, momentum and energy, conditions for various approximations.
Inviscid flow (35%): Potential flow, elementary solutions to Laplace's equation, Kelvins theorem, lift theory.
Viscous flow (35%): Exact solutions of Navier-Stokes equations, boundary layers, stability and turbulence transition, turbulent flow.
TEACHING
Class-room teaching.
EXAMINATION
Written exam in two parts; homework assignments with credit points.
COURSE GRADE SCALE:
ITEMS/CREDITS
Written exam 9.0ECTS
COURSE LITTERATURE
Kundu P.K.: Fluid Mechanics, Academic Press
Gustavsson, H.: Exempelsamling i Strömningslära. Maskinteknik, LTU.
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