Topic:Fluid mechanics

Division of Fluid mechanics

Fluid mechanics is a study of the properties, behavior, stresses and motions of materials in the liquid and gaseous states.

Affiliated Departments

Subject Areas

1. Fluid Statics (Hydrostatics)
2. Fluid dynamics
3. Continuum mechanics
4. Mass transfer
   • Aerodynamics
   • Computational fluid dynamics
   • Hydrology
   • Meteorology
   • Microfluidics
   • Ocean wave mechanics
   • Rheology

Featured learning resource

• Continuum mechanics - Peruse this marvelous course!!

Division news

Division fully remodeled on December 30, 2007!!!

Participants

• gustable - fluidic devotee

Books

• Wikibooks:Fluid Mechanics

Quotes

"At each stage I reach a balance, a conclusion. At the next sitting, if I find that there is a weakness in the whole, I make my way back into the picture by means of the weakness (I re-enter through the breach) and I reconceive the whole. Thus everything becomes fluid again."
— Henri Matisse, quoted by Tériade in "Minotaure"

Learning projects

• EEN-U3-1000 Wave Energy Generation Learning Project
• EEN-U4-3100 Vessel Design Learning Project
• EEN-U4-3200 Tidal Control Learning Project
• EEN-U4-3300 Battle Damage Learning Project
• EEN-U4-3400 Benthic Mining Learning Project
• EEN-U4-3500 Artic Habitat Learning Project

Content development projects

• Topic:Computational fluid dynamics is in dire need of an instructor!
• Rheology is a lost art form that needs resurrection.

Research projects

None Yet. Future Projects could be:

• Meteorological Evaluation of Jet-Stream Fluctuations due to Climate Change

Things you can do

1. Continue Organizing!!
2. Flesh out topics where needed!!
3. Begin a Learning Project page and brainstorm problems to solve!
4. Develop content for Learning Resources!

Fluid mechanics External links

• iMechanica - the web of mechanicians
• MIT Course Materials On-line