Fluid Physics
12.330J/8.292J
Spring 2004
COURSE OUTLINE
Course Information Problem Sets
Introduction: Outstanding problems
in fluid physics
Definition of fluid; statistical mechanics
Hydrostatics, mass continuity
The Bernoulli Equation
The shallow-water equations
Gravity waves
Hydraulic jumps, bores
Surface waves
Potential flow
Kelvin’s circulation theorem
Forces on objects
Some real-world problems
Compressible flow
Thermodynamics
Sound waves
Shocks
Bernoulli Equation for compressible flows
Stratified flows
Internal waves
Flow over topography
Rotating flows
Barotropic flows, point vortices
Rossby waves
Baroclinic flows
Instabilities
Convection
Rayleigh shear flow instability
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
Viscous flows
Stress
The Navier-Stokes equations
Viscous dissipation
Ekman layers
Turbulence
Physics of fluid phenomena
Stellar dynamics
Hurricanes
Superfluids
Other