Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : MA6631 : Advanced Fluid Dynamics { 3-1-0 / 4}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Bikash Sahoo
Syllabus
Singularities of flow, Source, Sink, Doublets, Rectilinear vortices. Complex variable method for two-dimensional problems, Complex potentials for various singularities, Circle theorem, Blasius theorem, Theory of images and its applications to various singularities. Three dimensional flow, Irrotational motion, Weiss's theorem and its applications. Viscous flow, Vorticity dynamics, Vorticity equation, Reynolds number, Stress and strain analysis, Navier-Stokes equation, Boundary layer Equations, Basics of thermodynamics, von Karman flow, Bodewadt type swirling flow, Homann flow, Hiemenz flow, Blasius flow, Finite difference method, Analytical methods to solve differential equations.
Course Objectives
- Course Objective: To impart knowledge of boundary layer flows, governing equations of fluid flow for different flow regimes, different geometries under the effect of various boundary conditions.
- To get familiar with various numerical and analytical techniques to solve nonlinear differential equations arising due to fluid flow problems.
Course Outcomes
Students can model advanced fluid flow problems and solve them.
Essential Reading
- G K Batchelor, An Introduction to fluid dynamics, Cambridge University Press , Very good book on fluid dynamics.
- F M White, Fluid Mechanics, Tata McGraw Hill , A must read book.
Supplementary Reading
- F M White, Viscous fluid flow, McGraw Hill Education , A very good book on viscous fluid flow.
- L. M. Milne Thomson, Theoretical Hydrodynamics, Macmillan and Co , Good book on theoretical fluid dynamics
Journal and Conferences
- Jr: Physics of fluids Con: Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power
- Journal of Fluid Mechanics EUROMACH conference on fluid mechanics