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PHYS 740

Fluid Dynamics

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Standard

Overview

Description

Properties of fluids, equations or motion, ideal and viscous fluid flow, Navier-Stokes equation; potential theory, fundamental theorems of fluid flow; surface waves; boundary layers.

Units

Lecture3

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Offering

Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

Terms

fall

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Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • discuss the physical properties of fluids and use this knowledge to solve problems in fluid dynamics.
  • compare and contrast ideal and viscous fluid flow.
  • apply potential theory, and fundamental theorems of fluid flow and describe the phenomena of surface waves and boundary layers.