AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course is aimed at stating the basic principles of fluid mechanics and obtaining the equations which control the fluid motion. In addition, during the course simple problems of practical interest are formulated and solved.

TEACHING METHODS

The course will consist of lectures ( ~ 35 hours ) and exercises (~ 15 hours).

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Continuum approach.
Properties of fluids.
Kinematics of fluids.
Stress tensor.
Cardinal equations of fluid motion.
Elements of thermodynamics.
Boundary conditions.
Constitutive laws.
Navier-Stokes equations.
Laminar flows.
Vorticity dynamics.
Flows at high Reynolds numbers.
Dynamics of inviscid fluids: Bernoulli's theorem.
Irrotational flows.
Conformal transformations.
Boundary layer: basic equations and physical interpretations.
Blasius boundary layer.
Turbulence: equations of the mean motion.
The problem of the closure of turbulent flows and Boussinesq approach.
Outline of the main turbulence models.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Lecture notes;
• Marchi-Rubatta, Meccanica dei fluidi: principi e applicazioni, Utet, 1981;
• Ghetti, Idraulica, Libreria Cortina, Padova, 1980.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

PAOLO BLONDEAUX (President)

ROBERTA SBURLATI (President)

GIOVANNI BESIO

GIOVANNA VITTORI

LESSONS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examination

Exam schedule