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Graduate Record 2006-2007 
    
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Graduate Record 2006-2007 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

MAE 631 - Fluid Mechanics I

The topics covered are: dimensional analysis; physical properties of fluids; kinematic descriptions of flow; streamlines, path lines and streak lines; stream functions and vorticity; hydrostatics and thermodynamics; Euler and Bernoulli equations; irrotational potential flow; exact solutions to the Navier-Stokes equation; effects of viscosity - high and low Reynolds numbers; waves in incompressible flow; hydrodynamic stability. Cross-listed as AM 631. (Y)

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MAE 602 and APMA/MAE 641.

Credits: 3