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Physics of fluids [ LPHY1352 ]


5.0 crédits ECTS  45.0 h + 22.5 h   1q 

Teacher(s) Legat Vincent ; Deleersnijder Eric ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
Main themes Fundamentals: continuous media, Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions, budget of mass, budget of momentum, budget of energy and entropy, non-inertial frame, dynamic similarity Ideal flows: dimensionless parameters, acoustic waves, compressible flows, shock waves, nonlinear waves Incompressible flows: Boussinesq approximation, energy method, 1D flows, lubrication, boundary layers, notions of turbulence Geophysical flows: geohydrodynamic equations, dimensionless parameters, inertia oscillations, Ekman layer, shallow-water equations, Poincaré and Kelvin waves
Aims To be acquainted with the basic principles of fluid mechanics (kinematics; budget of mass, momentum and energy) and understand the main flow regimes, i.e. the compressible, incompressible and geophysical flows.
Other information Main reference Kundu P.K. and I.M. Cohen, 2004 (3rd ed.), Fluid Mechanics, Elsevier Additional references Anderson J.D., 1998, A History of Aerodynamics, Cambridge University Press Batchelor, G.K., 1967, An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University Press Frisch U., 1995, Turbulence, Cambridge University Press McWilliams J.C., 2006, Fundamentals of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University Press Pope S.B., 2000, Turbulent Flows, Cambridge University Press Tennekes, H. and J.L. Lumley, 1972, A First Course in Turbulence, MIT Press Tritton, D.J., 1988, Physical Fluid Dynamics, Oxford University Press Vallis G.K., 2006, Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University Press Van Dyke, M., 1988, An Album of Fluid Motion, The Parabolic Press Whitham, G.B., 1974, Linear and Nonlinear Waves, Wiley
Cycle et année
d'étude
> Bachelor in Geography : General
> Bachelor in Economics and Management
> Bachelor in Mathematics
> Bachelor in Engineering
> Bachelor in Physics
Faculty or entity
in charge
> PHYS


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