Lectures In elementary: Fluid dynamics

Lectures "In elementary: Fluid dynamics" has contents: Some background - Basic physics of fluids, the equations of fluid motion, applications of the navier–stokes equations. | LECTURES IN ELEMENTARY FLUID DYNAMICS: Physics, Mathematics and Applications J. M. McDonough Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0503 c 1987, 1990, 2002, 2004, 2009 Contents 1 Introduction Importance of Fluids . . . . . . . . . . Fluids in the pure sciences . . . Fluids in technology . . . . . . The Study of Fluids . . . . . . . . . . The theoretical approach . . . Experimental fluid dynamics . Computational fluid dynamics Overview of Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Some Background: Basic Physics of Fluids The Continuum Hypothesis . . . . . . . . . . Definition of a Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shear stress induced deformations . . More on shear stress . . . . . . . . . . Fluid Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thermal conductivity . . . . . . . . . Mass diffusivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other fluid properties . . . . . . . . . Classification of Flow Phenomena . . . . . . . Steady and unsteady flows . . . . . . . Flow dimensionality . . . . . . . . . . Uniform and non-uniform flows . . . . Rotational and irrotational flows . . . Viscous and inviscid flows . . . . . . . Incompressible and compressible flows Laminar and turbulent flows . . . . . Separated and unseparated flows . . . Flow Visualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Streamlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pathlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Streaklines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .