OCEN 678: Fluid Dynamics for Ocean and Environmental Engineering
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InstructorDr. Scott A. Socolofsky, OfficeCE/TTI 802B Course Meeting TimesMWF 1:50-2:40 in CE 137 LevelGraduate ContactDr. Scott A. Socolofsky |
| Dye visualization of a shallow water vortex. This image shows half of the starting jet vortex formed by an impulsive flow through a lateral constriction, such as the flood tide through a coastal tidal inlet. |
Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to develop an understanding of the principles of hydrodynamics, especially intuition and ingenuity, and to apply these principles to
- Determine flow fields for moving fluids using viscous and potential flow theories
- Study hydrodynamic forces applied on a moving body in an unbounded flow by application of viscous and potential flow theories (surface wave effects ignored)
- Apply scale analysis to find approximate solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations
- Develop an understanding of the hydrodynamic equations adequate to understand journal articles in the research literature on fluid mechanics
Keywords:
Fluid dynamics, environmental fluid mechanics, viscous flow, potential flow, hydrodynamic forces, boundary layers, Navier-Stokes equations, turbulence, mixing, approximation
Course Description
OCEN 678 Fluid Dynamics for Ocean and Environmental Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Central conservation laws; Navier-Stokes equations; steady and unsteady Bernoulli's equation; potential flow theory and basics of panel methods; laminar and turbulent boundary layer; transport equation in laminar and turbulent flow; flow past a body of any shape; scale analysis and the art of approximation. Prerequisite: CVEN 462 or approval of instructor.