PHYS 430 - Fluid Mechanics (3 credits)

(=ENGR 430) (Prereq: PHYS 212 or PHYS 213) (Coreq: MATH 320) This course offers a comprehensive examination of the development of the Navier-Stokes equation in fluid motion. At the instructor’s discretion, topics include theorems of energy, potential flow, elements of airfoil theory, and similarity parameters as well as the introduction to environmental fluid dynamics. F, alternate years.