MECH 3321 - Incompressible Fluid Flow

Prerequisites: EASC 2224, MATH 2204 or consent of the instructor. Fluid kinematics, continuity equation, vector operations. Momentum equation for frictionless flow, Bernoulli equation with applications. Irrotational flow, velocity potential, Laplace's equation, dynamic pressure and lift. Stream function for incompressible flows. Rotational flows, vorticity, circulation, lift and drag. Integral momentum analysis. Navier-Stokes equation, stress tensor. Newtonian fluid. Boundary layer approximations. 3 credits.