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0.00 - 6.00 Credits
Individual study of advanced subjects under staff supervision. Content arranged to suit the particular requirements of the student and interested members of the staff.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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0.00 - 6.00 Credits
Advanced topics in construction materials selected by students for individual study with staff approval.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Meets with undergraduate subject 1.061. Graduate level includes additional homework in the form of reviews of relevant journal and practical articles. See description under subject 1.061.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 1.060
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4.00 Credits
Fundamentals of fluid dynamics intrinsic to natural physical phenomena and/or engineering processes. Discusses a range of topics and advanced problem-solving techniques. Sample topics include brief review of basic laws of fluid motion, scaling and approximations, creeping flows, boundary layers in high-speed flows, steady and transient, similarity method of solution, buoyancy-driven convection in porous media, dispersion in steady or oscillatory flows, physics and mathematics of linearized instability, effects of shear and stratification. In alternate years, two of the following modules will be offered: I: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics of Coastal Waters, II: Capillary Phenomena, III: Non-Newtonian Fluids, IV: Flagellar Swimming.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 18.085; 2.25 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to physical processes occuring in lakes and shallow surface water systems with emphasis on mechanisms affecting fate and transport. Topics include internal waves; differential heating and cooling; boundary mixing; turbulent mixing; influence of vegetation. Begins with a review of Navier-Stokes equation.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 1.060, 1.061
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0.00 - 6.00 Credits
Individual study in advanced topics as arranged between individual students and staff. Choice of subjects from theoretical, experimental, and practical phases of hydromechanics, hydraulic engineering, water resources, hydrology, and environmental engineering.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Emphasizes the quantitative description of the mechanics of sediment transport in steady and unsteady flows based on hydrodynamic principles. Equations of motion for particles in a turbulent flow, entrainment, bedload, and suspended load. Bedform mechanics, ripples, and dunes. Flow resistance and boundary-layer mechanics for waves and combined wave-current flows. Wave-induced longshore currents, longshore and on-offshore sediment transport. Coastal protection.
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Prereq: 1.061
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3.00 Credits
A unified treatment of nonlinear oscillations and wave phenomena with applications to mechanical, optical, geophysical, fluid, electrical and flow-structure interaction problems. Nonlinear free and forced vibrations; nonlinear resonances; self-excited oscillations; lock-in phenomena. Nonlinear dispersive and nondispersive waves; resonant wave interactions; propagation of wave pulses and nonlinear Schrodinger equation. Nonlinear long waves and breaking; theory of characteristics; the Korteweg-de Vries equation; solitons and solitary wave interactions. Stability of shear flows. Some topics and applications may vary from year to year.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Basic hydrodynamics of waves in deep and shallow water. Linear theory, dispersion, superposition, and spectral representation. Energy, energy transport, and dissipation by bottom friction. Refraction and diffraction by breakwaters. Some nonlinear aspects and wave breaking. Emphasizes physical interpretation of mathematical results and their engineering application. Storm surges, coastal circulation, and forecasting of wind-wave characteristics. Wind-wave statistics, wave forces on piles, and breakwater stability.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 1.061
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4.00 Credits
Surface wave theory, conservation laws and boundary conditions, properties of regular surface waves and random ocean waves. Linearized theory of floating body dynamics, kinematic and dynamic free surface conditions, body boundary conditions. Simple harmonic motions. Diffraction and radiation problems, added mass and damping matrices. General reciprocity identities on diffraction and radiation. Ship wave resistance theory, Kelvin wake physics, ship seakeeping in regular and random waves. Discusses point wave energy absorbers, beam sea and head-sea devises, oscillating water column device and Well's turbine. Discusses offshore floating energy systems and their interaction with ambient waves, current and wind, including oil and gas platforms, liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels and floating wind turbines. Homework drawn from real-world applications.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 2.20, 18.085
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