Level: III
Semester: 1
Number of Credits: 3
Prerequisites: (MATH 2270 or MATH 2120) and (MATH 2271 MATH 2160)
 
 

Course Description

This course covers a general Orthogonal Curvilinear Co-ordinate System and thereafter looks at particular ones, that is, Cartesian, Cylindrical and Spherical. An introduction to tensors is then presented. This is followed by inviscid flows and special characteristics of such, in particular, Streamlines, Pathlines, Velocity Potential, Continuity Equation, Vorticity, Circulation, Euler's equation of motion with special cases, and Complex Potential. The final part derives the Navier-Stokes equation for viscous fluid flows and applies it to some cases that give rise to exact solutions.

 

Assessment

Coursework                                                                 50%
Final Examination - one 2-hour written paper          50%
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