Course Outline
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1. Fluid Statics: Understanding the behavior of fluids at rest, including pressure distribution and buoyancy effects.
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2. Bernoulli's Principle: Exploring the relationship between fluid speed and pressure, critical for understanding lift in aerodynamics.
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3. Viscosity and Laminar vs. Turbulent Flow: Examining how fluid viscosity affects flow patterns and the transition between laminar and turbulent flow.
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4. Conservation Laws: Analyzing the conservation of mass, momentum, and energy in fluid systems as foundational principles in fluid dynamics.
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5. Reynolds Number: Studying the dimensionless number that helps predict flow patterns in different fluid regimes and scaling phenomena.
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6. Boundary Layer Theory: Understanding the layer of fluid in the immediate vicinity of a bounding surface and its significance in drag creation.
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7. Compressible vs. Incompressible Flow: Distinguishing between different flow regimes, important for high-speed aerodynamics and supersonic flight.
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8. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD): Learning about numerical analysis and simulations used to solve complex fluid flow problems in engineering.
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9. Aerodynamic Forces: Delving into lift, drag, thrust, and weight – core forces acting on an aircraft – and how they are affected by design and environmental factors.
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