This course introduces the laws governing fluid motion.
Pascal’s theorem, Bernoulli equation, Euler’s equation, Navier-Stokes equation. Vorticity and divergence.
Compressible and incompressible fluids, flow around objects, potential flow. Viscosity, Reynolds number. Laminar flow and turbulence. Kolmogorov scaling.
Sound waves. Shock fronts, Rankine-Hugoniot relations.
Hydrostatic balance, shallow-water equations, surface waves. Conservation of potential vorticity.