Texts
Newman, J. N. Marine Hydrodynamics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1977. ISBN: 9780262140263.
(Not required - an old edition will do, however, readings are assigned.)
Sabersky, R. H., A. J. Acosta, E. G. Hauptmann, and E. M. Gates. Fluid Flow. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN: 9780135763728.
Recommended Readings
The following abbreviations will be used to indicate the textbook and recommended reading sections. The topics in the table below closely approximate those in the calendar.
JNN - Newman, Marine Hydrodynamics
SAH - Sabersky, Acosta, Haouptmann, and Gates, Fluid Flow, 4th Ed.
* - Mark for advanced subjects
| CHAPTER # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
|
0 |
Introduction |
JNN 1.0, 3.0, 3.1 SAH 1.1, 1.2, App.3 |
|
1 |
Basic Equations |
JNN 3.3, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5 SAH 2.2, 4.2, 2.4 |
|
1.1 |
Description of Flow |
|
|
1.2 |
Mass and Momentum Conservation |
JNN 3.6-3.9 |
|
1.3 |
Transport Theorem |
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|
1.4 |
Continuity Equation |
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1.5 |
Euler’s Equation |
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|
1.6 |
Newtonian Fluids |
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|
1.7 |
Navier-Stokes Equation |
SAH 2.6, 2.8 |
|
1.8 |
Boundary Conditions |
|
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1.9 |
Body Forces, Gravity |
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|
2 |
Similitude |
|
|
2.1 |
Dimensional Analysis |
JNN 2.0-2.2 SAH 5.1 |
|
2.2 |
Similarity Parameters |
JNN 1.0 SAH 5.2, 5.3 |
|
3 |
Ideal (Inviscid) Fluid Flow |
JNN 4.0-4.2 SAH 2.2, 2.4, 6.1-6.4 |
|
3.1 |
Introduction |
|
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3.2 |
Vorticity, Kelvin’s Theorem |
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3.3 |
Potential Flow |
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|
3.4 |
Bernoulli’s Equation |
JNN 4.3, 4.4, 4.6 SAH 3.1, 3.6, 3.7 |
|
3.5 |
Boundary Conditions |
|
|
3.6 |
Stream Function |
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|
3.7 |
Simple Potential Flows |
JNN 4.5, 4.18, 4.10 SAH 6.5, 6.6, 6.8, 6.9 |
|
3.8 |
Method of Images |
|
|
3.9 |
D’Alembert’s Paradox |
|
|
3.10 |
Lift Due to Circulation |
JNN 4.13-4.16 SAH 6.7, 6.11 |
|
3.11 |
Unsteady Motion, Added Mass |
|
|
*3.12 |
Slender-Body Approx. |
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|
4 |
Real (Viscous) Fluid Flow |
JNN 2.4, 2.12, 2.5 SAH 5.7, 5.8, 7.1, 7.2 |
|
4.1 |
Flow Past a Sphere |
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4.2 |
Drag on a Flat Plate |
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4.3 |
Plane Couette Flow |
JNN 3.10-3.13 SAH 7.3, 7.4 |
|
4.4 |
Poiseuille Flow |
|
|
*4.5 |
Unsteady Flow over a Flat Plate |
|
|
4.6 |
Laminar Boundary Layer |
JNN 3.14-3.16 SAH 8.1-8.4, 8.6, 8.7 |
|
4.7 |
Turbulent Flow, Reynolds’ Stress |
JNN 3.17-3.21 SAH 8.9 |
|
4.8 |
Turbulent Boundary Layer |
|
|
5 |
Model Tests |
JNN 2.5, 2.6 SAH 5.7, 5.8, 8.10 |
|
5.1 |
Steady Flow |
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5.2 |
Unsteady Forces |
JNN 2.11, 2.9 |
|
*5.3 |
Drag on a Ship Hull |
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|
6 |
Surface Waves |
JNN 2.3, 4.9, 6.0-6.2 SAH 11.1, 11.13 |
|
6.1 |
Introduction |
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6.2 |
Small Amplitude Waves |
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6.3 |
Plane Progressive Waves |
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6.4 |
Wave Dispersion |
JNN 6.3, 6.5, 6.6-6.8 |
|
*6.5 |
Mass Transport |
|
|
6.6 |
Superposition |
|
|
6.7 |
Group Velocity, Wave Energy |
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|
6.8 |
2D Ship Waves, Wave Resistance |
JNN 6.9, 6.10 |
|
*6.9 |
3D Ship Wave Pattern |
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|
6.10 |
Wave Forces on a Body |
JNN 2.13, 2.14 |
|
7 |
Lifting Surfaces |
JNN 2.7, 5.0, 5.1 SAH 6.11, 6.12 |
|
7.1 |
Lift and Drag of a Foil |
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|
7.2 |
2D Lifting Surfaces, Linearized Theory, Analysis and Design Problems |
JNN 5.2-5.5 SAH 6.13 |
|
*7.3 |
3D Lifting Surfaces |
JNN 5.8-5.10 |
|
*7.4 |
Propellers |
JNN 2.8, 2.10 |
