AE634 : Viscous Flow

Department

Department of Aeronautical Engineering

Academic Program

Master in Master of Aerospace Engineering

Type

Compulsory

Credits

03

Prerequisite

Overview

Some examples of viscous fluid flow phenomena; transport, kinematic andthermodynamic fluid properties; fundamental equations of viscous fluid flow andexamples of their solutions; laminar boundary layer equations; similarity, approximateand numerical solutions; prediction of boundary layer flow separation; stability oflaminar boundary layer; transition to turbulence; engineering prediction of transition;physical and mathematical description of turbulence; Reynolds equations of turbulentmotion; two-dimensional turbulent-boundary-layer equations; turbulent boundary layeron a flat plate; turbulence modeling in two-dimensional flow; free turbulence: jets,wakes and mixing layers.