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MATH596 COMPUTATIONAL BASIS OF FLUID DYNAM. EQ

Course Code: 2360596
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Mathematics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. MÜNEVVER TEZER
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

Introduction to fluid behavior. Derivation of continuity, momentum and energy equations. Navies-Stokes equations. Stream function, vorticity. Solutions of creeping, potential, laminar, boundary layer, turbulent flows. Solution of Navier-Stokes equations using finite difference methods in velocity-pressure , stream function-vorticity and stream function forms. Example solutions. Stability, convergence and error analysis.