Differential analysis of fluid flow including Navier-Stokes equation. Approximate solutions of Navier-Stokes equation including creeping flow, inviscid flow, and potential flow. Boundary layer theory: laminar and turbulent boundary layers, separation, methods for calculating boundary layers. Flow over immersed bodies: drag, lift, aerofoils, and aircraft performance. Compressible flows: gas dynamics, transonic and supersonic flows, one-dimensional isentropic flow, nozzles, ducts, and shock waves. Computational fluid dynamics: fundamentals, finite volume method, turbulence modelling, and applications.

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Advanced Fluid Mechanics

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ME4513 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics

To read the fluid mechanics literature and communicate the developments to a critical audience

To exercise the students skill in identifying and applying appropriate methods to solve fluid flow problems analytically or numerically

To develop skills in communicating results and its application to fellow engineers

To develop the students understanding of advanced fluid mechanics concepts and theory

To produce effective and efficient records of laboratory exercises and reporting of the analysis of the experimental results consistent with the goals and expectations of experimental recording and reporting