CHEM-ENG 631 - Fluid Mechanics

Institution:

University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Description:

Mathematics of vectors and tensors, continuum hypothesis, Euler's axioms, Cauchy's theorem, change of frame, constitutive equations, ideal fluids, vorticity dynamics, potential and viscous flows, boundary conditions, Newtonian fluids. Prototype problems: converging flow, creeping flow, boundary layer, turbulence, macroscopic balances.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umass.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 545-0111

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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