| Description |
An introduction to the mechanics of viscous flows. The kinematics and dynamics of viscous flows. Some solutions of the Navier Stokes equations. The behavior of vorticity. The boundary layer approximation. The laminar boundary layer with and without pressure gradient. Separation. Integral relations and approximate methods. Compressible laminar boundary layers. Introduction to instability and transition. Turbulent free shear flows. Turbulent boundary layers. Effects of Reynolds number. Bluff body flows. |