Module code | MSX 780 |
Qualification | Postgraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology |
Module content | Mathematical preliminaries: historical overview, scalar, vector and tensor algebra (in context of partial differential equations), Green's lemma and the Divergence theorem, Eularian/Lagrangian representations, derivative of a function, Reynolds transport theorem. Governing equations: viscous compressible and incompressible flow, derivation of conservation of mass, derivation of conservation of momentum, boundary conditions, mathematical characteristics, non-dimensionalisation. Viscous compressible and incompressible flow: derivation of conservation of mass, derivation of conservation of momentum, boundary conditions, mathematical characteristics, non-dimensionalisation. |
Module credits | 16.00 |
Programmes | |
Prerequisites | No prerequisites. |
Contact time | 21 contact hours per semester |
Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
Department | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering |
Period of presentation | Semester 1 |
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