Course: C5.7 Topics in Fluid Mechanics (2022-23)

Lecturer: Profile: Graham Benham

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General Prerequisites:

B5.3 Viscous Flow and B5.4 Waves and Compressible Flow are both highly recommended, Viscous Flow being the more essential of the two. It will be necessary that you will have previously studied some Fluid Dynamics and have an understanding of the derivation of the Navier-Stokes equations and their associated boundary.

Course Term: Michaelmas

Course Lecture Information: 16 lectures

Course Weight: 1

Course Level: M

Assessment Type: Written Examination

Course Overview:

The course will expand and illuminate the `classical' fluid mechanics taught in the third year B5.3 and B5.4 courses, and illustrate its modern application in a number of different areas in industry and geoscience.

Course Synopsis:

Thin film flows. Droplet dynamics. Foam drainage. Porous media.

Convection, boundary layer theory. Double-diffusive convection, plumes, turbidity currents.

Rotating flows, geostrophy and quasi-geostrophy, baroclinic instability.

Two-phase flows. Two-fluid models. Density wave oscillations.

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- Select activity Announcements
  
  Announcements Forum
  
  19/9/22
  
  Hello Everyone,
  I will be taking over the Topics in Fluid Mechanics course.
  Looking forward to meeting you all soon.
  Graham
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- Select activity C5.7 Topics in Fluids sheet 1
  
  C5.7 Topics in Fluids sheet 1 Assignment
  
  Questions B1, B2, A3, C4.
  Based on lectures 1-3.
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  C5.7 Topics in Fluids sheet 2 Assignment
  
  Questions A1, B2, B3, C4,
  Based on lectures 4-7.
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  C5.7 Topics in Fluids sheet 3 Assignment
  
  Questions A1, B2, B3, C4.
  Based on lectures 8-11.
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  C5.7 Topics in Fluids sheet 4 Assignment
  
  Questions A1, B2, C3, A4, B5.
  Based on lectures 12-16.
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  Lecture Number 6 has been recorded since I will be away from Oxford on Friday 28th October. Please feel free to email me any questions you have about this lecture, or simply post these on the discussion forum.
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  Solutions to Q3 from Sheet 1 File
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  Solutions to Q1 from Sheet 3 File
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  Code files for Problem Sheet 2 (Q4)
  
  Code files needed for Problem Sheet 2 (Q4). Requires Matlab.
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