Module Identifier | PHM1010 | |||||||||||||||||
Module Title | FLUID DYNAMICS | |||||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2003/2004 | |||||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Professor Geraint Vaughan | |||||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Other staff | Dr Sian A Jones | |||||||||||||||||
Pre-Requisite | Successful Completion of Year 3 of the MPhys Scheme | |||||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 20 lectures | ||||||||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | 2 seminars / tutorials | |||||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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The module will commence with a general introduction to the general properties of fluids followed by a treatment of the basic governing conservation equations. Some examples of two-dimensional inviscid flows will be presented followed by the introduction of a discussion of the influence of viscosity. The effect of viscosity will be then included and the Navier Stokes equations derived. The origin and importance of some common flow instabilities will then be described together with an introduction to fluid turbulence. An introduction to compressible flows will also be given. All of the above will be supported by reference to examples of fluid flows in practice. These will include flows such as flows over aerofoils, magnetohydrodynamnics, atmospheric flows, pipe and jet flows and shock wave formation.
Review of relevant thermodynamics
Conservation equations for mass, energy and momentum
Two-dimensional potential flow
Viscous flows
Instability and turbulence
Navier Stoked equations
Turbulent flows
Boundary Layers
(Non linear dynamics)
Flow over aerofoils
This module is at CQFW Level 7