A rigorous introduction to the fundamentals of fluid mechanics. The course provides a solid foundation for students intending to study fluids at the advanced level but is sufficiently broad that it serves as a valuable survey for many other students. Topics: Cartesian tensors, kinematics of fluid flows, conservation laws, vorticity dynamics, theory and application of irrotational flows, topics in geophysical fluid dynamics, dynamic similarity and nondimensional parameters, viscous flows, and boundary layers. Intended for students in all engineering majors.

Ordinary and partial differential equations.

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