Selected Topics in Fluid Mechanics / Advanced Graduante Fluid Mechanics

dr Gustavo Abade

Academic year: 2021/2022
Semester: summer

LECTURE DESCRIPTION

We will meet weekly according to the schedule published in USOS.

Lecture: Wednesdays, 15:15 - 17:00 (Gustavo Abade)
Tutorials: Thursdays, 9:15 - 11:00 (Daniel Albuquerque)

Bibliography:

D. J. Acheson, Elementary fluid dynamics.
B. Lautrup, Physics of continuous matter: exotic and everyday phenomena in the macroscopic world.
G. K. Batchelor, An introduction to fluid dynamics.
L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Fluid mechanics.
A. R. Patterson, A first course in fluid dynamics.

Assessment:

The final assessment will be based on homeworks (40%) and on a written exam (60%) including theoretical and problem solving tasks.

COURSES MATERIALS

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Ekman Layer

Daniel Albuquerque

June 9, 2022, 11:15 a.m.

Lecture documents:
Exercise Sheet - Script for the classes exercises13.pdf

Boundary layer on a flat plate

Daniel Albuquerque

June 2, 2022, 11:15 a.m.

Lecture documents:
Exercise Sheet - Script for the classes exercises12.pdf
Homework Sheet - Script for the classes homework07.pdf

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Minimum dissipation theorem, application of Faxén's theorem and transmission of force and torque in Stokes flows

Daniel Albuquerque

May 26, 2022, 11:15 a.m.

Lecture documents:
Exercise Sheet - Script for the classes exercises11.pdf
Homework Sheet - Script for the classes homework06.2.pdf

Lorentz Reciprocal Theorem

Daniel Albuquerque

May 19, 2022, 11:15 a.m.

Lecture documents:
Exercise Sheet - Script for the classes exercises10.pdf
Homework - Script for the classes homework06.pdf

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Faxén's Theorem for translation

Daniel Albuquerque

May 5, 2022, 11:15 a.m.

Lecture documents:
Exercise Sheet exercise09.pdf
Homework - Script for the classes homework5.pdf

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Sphere in a general linear flow

Daniel Albuquerque

April 28, 2022, 11:15 a.m.

Lecture documents:
Exercise Sheet - Script for the classes exercises08.pdf

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Flow past a sphere - Stokes Regime

Daniel Albuquerque

Lecture documents:
Exercise Sheet - Script for the classes exercises07.pdf
Homework - Script for the classes homework04.pdf

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Hydrostatic Stability and Oberbeck-Boussinesq Equation

Daniel Albuquerque

April 7, 2022, 11:15 a.m.

Lecture documents:
Exercise Sheet - Script for the classes exercises06.pdf

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Centrifugal Instability / Rayleigh-Taylor Instability

Daniel Albuquerque

March 31, 2022, 11:15 a.m.

Lecture documents:
Exercise Sheet - Script for the classes exercises05.pdf
Homework Sheet - Script for the classes homework03.pdf

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A simple stability analysis

Daniel Albuquerque

March 24, 2022, 11:15 a.m.

Lecture documents:
- Script for the classes exercises04.pdf

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Surface Waves

Daniel Albuquerque

March 17, 2022, 11:15 a.m.

Lecture documents:
Exercise Sheet - Script for the classes exercises03.pdf
Homework Sheet - Script for the classes homework02.pdf

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Damping of Sound Waves

Daniel Albuquerque

March 10, 2022, 11:15 a.m.

Lecture documents:
Exercise Sheet - Script for the classes exercises02.pdf

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Exact Solutions of Navier-Stokes Equations

Daniel Albuquerque

March 3, 2022, 11:15 a.m.

Lecture documents:
Exercise Sheet - Script for the classes exercises01.pdf
Homework Sheet - Script for the classes homework01.pdf

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