Course - Viscous Flows and Boundary Layers - TEP4156
Viscous Flows and Boundary Layers
About
About the course
Course content
Derivation and discussion of the basic equations for viscous fluid flow, including heat conduction and compressibility. Molecular background for viscosity. Exact solutions like; Couette flow, Stokes 1. - and 2. problem, Hiemenz stagnation point flow. The boundary layer approximation, Blasius and Falkner-Skan solutions, effects of pressure gradient; Pohlhausen - and Thwaites methods, criteria for separation. Non-steady boundary layers. Stability of laminar flow, Orr-Sommerfeld equation and transition to turbulence.
Examples from internal flows, and from flows around bodies.
Learning outcome
To enable the student to formulate and solve fluid flow problems in which viscosity and heat conduction is of importance near solid boundaries.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures and written exercises. The lectures and exercises are in English when students who do not speak Norwegian take the course. At postponed exam (re-sit examination), a written exam may be changed to an oral exam.
Compulsory assignments
- Exercises
Recommended previous knowledge
Basic fluid mechanics.
Course materials
F.M.White: Viscous Fluid Flow, McGraw Hill, 3rd/4th ed.
T.Ytrehus: Introduksjonsnotat til Viskøse strømninger.
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From |
|---|---|---|
| TEP4155 | 5 sp |
Subject areas
- Energy and Process Engineering
- Physics
- Marine Hydrodynamics
- Mathematics
- Technological subjects