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PHYS-F412
Dynamique des fluides et des plasmas
Course teacher(s)
Bernard KNAEPEN (Coordinator)ECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
english, french
Course content
Fluid dynamics.
- Introduction
- Elementary Viscous Flow
- Waves
- Classical Airfoil Theory
- Vortex Motion
- The Navier-Stokes Equations
- Very Visqous Flow
- Instability, turbulence
- Magnetohydrodynamics
- Introduction
- Elementary Viscous Flow
- Waves
- Classical Airfoil Theory
- Vortex Motion
- The Navier-Stokes Equations
- Very Visqous Flow
- Instability, turbulence
- Magnetohydrodynamics
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
Fluid dynamics has applications in a wide range of domains, including aeronautics, meteorology, astrophysics, nuclear fusion, blood flows or chemical front propagation. The course gives an introduction to the general concepts as well as various theoretical and numerical approaches used to describe fluid flows.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
Required and Corequired knowledge and skills
- Vector calculus
- Calculus (integration - differentiation - differential operators)
Teaching methods and learning activities
Lessons (mostly following the content of the book Fluid Dynamics - D.J. Acheson - Oxford University Press)
Assisted exercises - sessions of questions / answers.
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
Elementary Fluid Dynamics, D. J. Acheson, Cambridge University Press
An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics, G.K. Batchelor, Cambridge University Press.
Introduction to Hydrodynamic Stability, P.G. Drazin, Cambridge University Press.
Course notes
- Syllabus
- Université virtuelle
Other information
Contacts
bernard.knaepen@ulb.be
Campus
Plaine
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Other
Other
Written exam based on the material given during the classes (theory and exercises).
Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)
Mark obtained for the written exam.
Language(s) of evaluation
- french
- (if applicable english )