Subject Code: CE6L505 Name: Viscous Fluid Flow L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3

Pre-requisite: None
Introduction to inviscid and viscous fluid flow; Fundamental equations of viscous flow; Continuity equation; Navier-Stokes equations; Couette flows; Two and three-dimensional boundary layers; Similarity solution for two-dimensional flow; Free shear flow; Approximate integral method; Stability of flow; Concept of small disturbance stability; Linearized stability of parallel viscous flow; Parametric effects in the linear stability theory; Transition to turbulence.
Text/Reference Books:

  • White, F. M., Viscous Fluid Flow, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill Education, New York, 2005.
  • Papanastasiou, T., Georgiou, G., & Alexandrou, A. N., Viscous Fluid Flow, Third Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2000.
  • Batchelor, G. K., An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics, Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2000.