PHYS 314 - Fluid Mechanics

2019-2020 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
This course is an introduction to the topic, and includes an examination of the relevant properties of fluids (density, viscosity, pressure, velocity), common analysis techniques (control systems, control volumes, stream functions, dimensional analysis, non-dimensional parameterization), mathematical modeling (integral and differential forms of mass conservation, momentum conservation, and energy conservation; Bernoulli’s equation), and applications.

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 311.
Offered: Spring, odd years