Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Transport Processes

ENSC 321

Elements of steady and unsteady thermal conduction and mass diffusion. Dimensional analysis. Hydrostatics and hydrodynamics. Archimedes' Principle and buoyancy stability in hydrostatics. Laminar and turbulent viscous flow. Potential flow. Hydrodynamic lift and drag. Boundary layers. Continuity equation. Navier-Stokes equation. Applications in mechanical and biomedical engineering, aerodynamics, chemical and environmental engineering, and physics.

Prerequisites: PHYS 213, PHYS 214.

ENSC321 is a 3 credit course.

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