Lecture notes for selected topics in the class are presented below. "Muddy Points" refer to topics that students found particularly difficult or confusing.
Lecture notes files.
| PART # |
LECTURE NOTES |
| IA |
Class format and structure (PDF)
Modeling fluid flow (PDF)
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| II |
Pressure fields and upstream influence (PDF) |
| III |
Vorticity and circulation: Concepts and applications
Applications of vorticity and circulation in describing "real flows"
Creation of a vortex ring
Vorticity and nozzle muddy points
|
| V |
Flow and forces
Weather systems on a rotating earth
Flow at low rossby number
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