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This lecture develops Laplace’s equation as a model for potential fluid flow, connecting scalar potentials with incompressible and irrotational vector fields through gradients, divergence, and curl. It also introduces applications involving heat conduction, flow around objects, and ocean currents.
Syllabus
Introduction
Partial differential equations
Laplaces equation
Laplaces name
Potential flow
Vector fields
Laplaces equation examples
Heat conduction
Taught by
Steve Brunton