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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Advanced Fluid Mechanics 3: Potential Flows & Boundary Layers

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online

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Learn how to analyze the structure of high Reynolds number inviscid flows using potential flow theory. Explore vorticity generation in viscous boundary layers, circulation and lift, flow separation, and the transition to turbulence.

Syllabus

  • Inviscid flows
  • Potential flow solutions
  • Vorticity
  • Circulation
  • Drag and lift
  • Boundary layers
  • Flow Separation and transition to turbulence
  • Surface Tension Phenomena in engineering systems

Taught by

Gareth McKinley, Bavand Keshavarz, and John Liu

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