AEM8207
AEM 8207 - Hydrodynamic Stability (3 Cr.)
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics (11090)
TIOT - College of Science and Engineering
AEM 8207 - Hydrodynamic Stability (3 Cr.)
Course description
Theory of hydrodynamic stability. Stability of shear flows, rotating flows, boundary layer, two fluid flows, fingering flows, Rayleigh-Taylor instability, Kelvin Helmholtz instability, capillary instability, convective/absolute stability. Methods of linear stability, normal modes, energy theory of stability, nonlinear perturbation, bifurcation theory, transition to turbulence.
prereq: 8201
prereq: 8201
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
OPT - Student Option
Lecture
Typically offered term(s)
Periodic Fall