Module Information

Module Identifier
MA25610
Module Title
Hydrodynamics 1
Academic Year
2016/2017
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 2
Mutually Exclusive
Mutually Exclusive
Pre-Requisite
Other Staff

Course Delivery

Delivery Type Delivery length / details
Lecture 22 x 1 Hour Lectures
 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Exam 2 Hours   (written examination)  100%
Supplementary Exam 2 Hours   (written examination)  100%

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module, a student should be able to:
1. explain the notions of local and convected rates of change;
2. derive the equations governing the flow of an ideal fluid;
3. apply and solve the governing equations in specific situations.

Brief description

This module introduces and develops the basic concepts of Classical Hydrodynamics and provides a framework for a modern appreciation of Fluid Mechanics.

Aims

To provide the basic framework for a modern appreciation of Fluid Dynamics. To introduce the basic concepts of Classical Hydrodynamics. To explain how mathematical modelling of fluid motion can help in the understanding of certain real world phenomena in applications such as meteorology and aerodynamics.

Content

1. Basic concepts: Velocity, acceleration, pressure, density.
2. Review of vector calculus and coordinate systems.
3. Eulerian and Lagrangian reference systems.
4. Kinematics of fluid motion: Pathlines, streamlines, vorticity.
5. Basic equations governing fluid motion.
6. Applications of Bernoulli's equation.
7. Irrotational flow.
8. Incompressibility, Potential flow.
9. Simple hydrodynamic structures: Sources, sinks, doublets.
10. Introduction to the concept of image systems.



Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 5