| Unit name | Advanced Fluid Dynamics |
|---|---|
| Unit code | MATHM0600 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Hogg |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites | |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Mathematics |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
The behaviour of ordinary fluids like oil, water, or air can be understood on the basis of a single equation, due to Navier and Stokes. The description of fluid motion thus amounts to finding solutions to the Navier-Stokes equation, a mathematical problem of almost infinite variability and often staggering complexity. Fluid mechanics has broken up into a great number of subfields, this course will try to give a more unified view by emphasizing mathematical structures that reappear in different guises in almost all those sub-specialties.
