Natural convection in square cavity flowfield. (Image courtesy of the Argonne National Laboratory, Nuclear Engineering Division.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Kenneth Smith
MIT Course Number
10.52
As Taught In
Spring 2006
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Highlights
This course features a list of fluid mechanics films in study materials.
Course Description
This course is an advanced subject in fluid and continuum mechanics. The course content includes kinematics, macroscopic balances for linear and angular momentum, stress tensors, creeping flows and the lubrication approximation, the boundary layer approximation, linear stability theory, and some simple turbulent flows.