| 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 | |
| 1.4 | Continuity Equation | |
| 1.5 | Euler's Equation | |
| 1.6 | Newtonian Fluids | |
| 1.7 | Navier-Stokes Equation | SAH 2.6, 2.8 |
| 1.8 | Boundary Conditions | |
| 1.9 | Body Forces, Gravity | |
| 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 | |
| 3.2 | Vorticity, Kelvin's Theorem | |
| 3.3 | Potential Flow | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| 4.2 | Drag on a Flat Plate | |
| 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 | |
| 5.2 | Unsteady Forces | JNN 2.11, 2.9 |
| *5.3 | Drag on a Ship Hull | |
| 6 | Surface Waves | JNN 2.3, 4.9, 6.0-6.2 SAH 11.1, 11.13 |
| 6.1 | Introduction | |
| 6.2 | Small Amplitude Waves | |
| 6.3 | Plane Progressive Waves | |
| 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 | |
| 6.8 | 2D Ship Waves, Wave Resistance | JNN 6.9, 6.10 |
| *6.9 | 3D Ship Wave Pattern | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
Table of Contents
Study Materials
Readings
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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