Fluid Mechanics Courses and Certifications

Coursera

STAR-CCM+: Fluid Flow & Thermal Simulation

Build complete CFD simulations in STAR-CCM+, preparing airfoil geometry, generating meshes, setting turbulence and heat transfer models, and post-processing velocity, pressure, lift and drag.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Fluid Motions, Sediment Transport, and Current-Generated Sedimentary Structures

Four lectures tracing the chain from fluid flow to sediment motion, bed forms, and the sedimentary structures those currents leave in the stratigraphic record.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Unified Engineering I, II, III, & IV

A unified foundation in aerospace engineering disciplines and their connections, culminating in integrated engineering systems problem solving.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Thermal-Fluids Engineering 1: Basics of Thermodynamics and Hydrostatics

Builds foundational thermal-fluid engineering knowledge through thermodynamics, ideal-gas cycles, entropy, and hydrostatics.

• MITx Online
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Analysis of Transport Phenomena: Convection

Model convective heat and mass transfer: boundary-layer and fully developed forced convection, Taylor dispersion, natural and combined convection, and turbulent convection.

• MITx Online
• 6 weeks, 10-12 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Analysis of Transport Phenomena: Mathematical Formulation

Formulate continuum models of heat and mass transfer, fluid dynamics, and phase transformations, solving them with scaling, dimensional analysis, perturbation methods, matched asymptotics, and eigenfunction expansions.

• MITx Online
• 4 weeks, 10-12 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Physics of COVID-19 Transmission

Learn the physics of airborne COVID-19 transmission: model respiratory pathogen spread in a well-mixed room, apply epidemiological models, and derive quantitative indoor safety guidelines.

• MITx Online
• 6 weeks, 5-10 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Analysis of Transport Phenomena

Model transport processes mathematically: formulate governing equations, apply scaling, asymptotics and series expansions, and treat fluid mechanics, nonequilibrium thermodynamics and electrochemical transport.

• MITx Online
• 5 weeks, 10-12 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Advanced Fluid Mechanics 1: Fundamentals

13 ratings at edX

Analyze inviscid and static fluid flows using hydrostatics and buoyancy, Euler's equation and Bernoulli's integral, and control volume theorems for mass, momentum and energy.

• edX
• 12 weeks, 8-12 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Chad's Prep

General Physics - Complete Algebra-Based Course 2023-2024

Master algebra-based physics fundamentals through mechanics, thermodynamics, waves, electricity, magnetism, optics, relativity, and quantum concepts in this comprehensive year-long study.

• YouTube
• 1 day 9 hours 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL;  IIT Kharagpur

Computational Fluid Dynamics

This course provides an introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) with an emphasis on the fundamental principles that govern the implementation of CFD in practical applications.

• YouTube
• 1 day 18 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL;  IIT Madras

Computational Fluid Dynamics

4 ratings

Introduces numerical methods for solving fluid-flow equations, from discretization and stability analysis to turbulence modeling and unstructured-grid finite-volume methods.

• YouTube
• 1 day 18 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics

206 ratings at Udemy

Derive the Navier-Stokes equations from first principles, discretize them with schemes like MacCormack's, and write Python solvers for lid-driven cavities, shock tubes and shock-vortex interactions.

• Udemy
• 12 hours 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

AP® Physics 2 - Part 1: Fluids and Thermodynamics

The first course in a comprehensive series designed to prepare you for the AP Physics 2 exam, focusing on thermodynamics and fluids.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

IIT Madras;  IIT Kharagpur;  NPTEL

Computational Fluid Dynamics

1 rating

Solve the equations governing fluid flow numerically: derive the Navier-Stokes equations, apply finite difference and finite volume methods, solve linear algebraic systems, and model turbulence.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course