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Graduate Record 2019-2020 
    
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Graduate Record 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

MAE 6310 - 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. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing



Credits: 3