ME 7275 — Essentials of Fluid Dynamics
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: T/FBostonTraditional
Offers a fundamental course in fluid dynamics designed to prepare the student for more advanced courses in the thermofluids curriculum while providing a strong background in fluid mechanics. Topics include Cartesian tensors; differential and integral formulation of the equations of conservation of mass, momentum, and energy; molecular and continuum transport phenomena; the Navier-Stokes equations; vorticity; inviscid incompressible flow, the velocity potential, and Bernoulli‘s equation; viscous incompressible flow; the stream function; some exact solutions; energy equation including heat conduction and viscous dissipation, low Reynolds number flow, exact and approximate approaches to laminar boundary layers in high Reynolds number flows, stability of laminar flows and the transition to turbulence, and treatment of incompressible turbulent mean flow; and internal and external flows.
Prerequisites
- ME 6200 (min C-)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 17 | 27 | 63% | 10.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 52% | 13.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 16 | 27 | 59% | 11.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 34% · T 66% · W 0% · Th 34% · F 66%
Common patterns: TF (66% of sections), MR (34% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Mehdi Abedi (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
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Courses that list ME 7275 in their prerequisites.
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