MATH 272A

Foundations of Continuum Mechanics

Mathematics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Kinematic preliminaries, conservation laws for mass, momentum and energy, entropy production, constitutive laws. Linear elasticity, inviscid fluid, viscous fluid. Basic theorems of fluid mechanics. Simple solutions. Low Reynolds number flow, Stokes drag. High Reynolds number flow, boundary layers. Two-dimensional potential flow, simple aerofoil. Compressible flow, shocks.

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MATH 272A

MATH 272BMathematical Aspects of Fluid Mechanics
MATH 272CMagnetohydrodynamics

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