Teaching

Fundamentals of fluid mechanics covering properties of fluids, fluid statics, dynamics of incompressible viscous and inviscid flows, control volume formulations of continuity, momentum and energy equations, dimensional analysis, viscous pipe flow, boundary layers, and drag.

Development of numerical techniques for the solution of ordinary and partial differential equations that arise in heat transfer and fluid mechanics; classification of equations, methods of solutions, examples, and applications.

This course aims at providing fundamental knowledge into the phenomena of high-temperature, nonequilibrium, and rarefied flows. Concepts and techniques for the description of high-temperature and chemically reacting gases from a molecular point of view are presented. Examples and areas of interest include aerothermodynamics of hypersonic flight, planetary re-entry, and satellites; physical gas dynamics; nonequilibrium gas dynamics; and molecular gas dynamics.