Ming-Jyh CHERN, B.S., M.S., D.Phil. Oxon, Associate Professor FALL SEMESTER, 2007 LAMINAR FLOW THEORY

ADMINSTRATIVE ISSUES

Relevant Information I course code: ME lecture schedule: 9:30 – 12:20 Friday during the fall semester, classroom: T3- lecturer: Ming-Jyh Chern （陳明志） office: T3 – 708, tel:

Relevant Information II prerequisites: fluid mechanics, heat transfer, engineering mathematics textbook: White, F.M., 1991 Viscous Fluid Flows. 2 nd ed., McGraw-Hill Inc., New York. ISBN references: 1. Schlichting, H., 1979 Boundary Layer Theory. 7 th ed., McGraw-Hill Inc., New York. 2. Currie, I.G., 1974 Fundamental Mechanics of Fluids. McGraw-Hill Inc., New York.

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Requirements Homework: There will some assignments. Please submit assignments by due dates. Exam: There will be a middle exam. and a final exam. during the semester. Assignments and exams will have 30% and 70% in the final grading, respectively.

Contens 1.tensor notation 2.fundamental equations of compressible viscous fluid flow 3.exact solutions of the Newtonian viscous flows. 4.laminar boundary layer 5.stability of laminar flow