AMS107 -- PHYS107 -- AMS217

Instructor: Prof. Nic Brummell

 

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This course focuses on the fundamentals of fluid dynamics as applied to astrophysical and geophysical systems. We will deal with: a kinematic understanding of fluid flows (how do we describe flows?, the continuum hypothesis, Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions, etc); a dynamic understanding of fluid flows i.e. the various equation sets describing inviscid and viscous flow derived from conservation laws; dynamic similarity and scale analysis; inviscid potential flows; gravity waves; exact solutions of Navier-Stokes equations; boundary layer formulations; and a selection of more advanced topics such as numerical simulations, compressible flows and some introductory discussions of fluid instabilities, waves, chaos, nonlinear equilibration, and turbulence.

The course is aimed at providing the student with a basic understanding of fluid dynamics, both intuitively and from an applied mathematics point of view.

By the end of the course, you will know how to fly and how to throw a good curve ball in baseball!

The regular lecture material will be augmented with video presentations and experimental demonstrations.

People:

Instructor -- Nic Brummell   Office: Be357A   Phone: 9-2122   Email: brummell at soe.ucsc.edu   Office hours: wed 5:15pm

Lectures: 

Soc Sci 1 Room 110, Tues/Thurs, 11:40-1:15am

Primary Text: 

Kundu, Cohen and Dowling (= K), Fluid Mechanics (6th ed., Academic Press)

Latest announcements

  • 11/19:  Zoom recording of today's lecture is available at https://youtu.be/Y3WaA5i2IY8
  • 11/15:  Due to Thanksgiving things, we are rescheduling Tuesday's class for MONDAY 19th Nov at 10am (location to be announced, but default to Baskin Engineering BE358 where we have the videos).  The lecture will be "zoom"ed too.  To join the zoom meeting, point a browser at "https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/225173149"
  • 11/14: Please watch the "Waves in Fluids" video over Thanksgiving to wash down the turkey!
  • 10/25:  Zoom recording of today's lecture is available at https://youtu.be/Xe_gYUMkKt8
  • 10/25:  If you cannot make it to class today, try connecting to the Zoom meeting:  Zoom ID  681-852-275
    Website:  ucsc.zoom.us
  • 10/24:  Seeing as the strike seems to be impacting some access to the campus, I suggest that everyone watch the recommended videos on their own at home tonight instead of together in the extra section at 5:15pm Wed.  Do watch them though!  They are useful!
    The links are here: "Vorticity I"  "Vorticity II".  Happy viewing!
    Regular Thursday class will happen tomorrow (like Tues class did) if strike things continue in the same manner as the last couple of days.  Please try and make it to campus to get to class.  This next class is an important class.  I understand that it might be a little harder to get on campus, but with a bit of planning ahead and some enthusiasm it is certainly possible.  If you are unable to, or you feel strongly about the causes of the strike, or some other reason prevents you, then of course all the class notes are online anyway and I'm happy to discuss anything that you do not understand from them in office hours.

  • 10/22:  Important announcement re: potential strike action Tues 23-Thurs 26th Oct 2018
    In the event that campus is inaccessible during potential strike action, or students are having trouble getting here, or classes are cancelled by the EVC, I will attempt to have class as a webinar via Zoom.  You should be able to access via a computer (or a telephone: not recommended) as shown in the invitation below, but really simply by going to: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/690524166.  I will try and get definite information to you as to whether this has to happen as soon as I know something tomorrow (Tues) morning.  If campus is open to traffic, we will have class as normal.
    Sorry about the inconvenience, but we'll try to get you your necessary fluid intake!
    Nic.
    ---- logon instructions for the class -------
    Hi there,
    Nicholas Nicholas H Brummell is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
    Topic: AMS/PHYS107/217 Strike Tuesday
    Time: Oct 23, 2018 11:40 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/690524166
    Or iPhone one-tap :
        US: +16465588656,,690524166#  or +16699006833,,690524166#
    Or Telephone:
        Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
            US: +1 646 558 8656  or +1 669 900 6833
        Meeting ID: 690 524 166
        International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/annGXbxrK

  • 10/15: FOUNTAINS COMP WAS AWESOME!  Raw videos of the fountains are on my YouTube channel here!   At some point, I'll edit these into a highlight reel!   (You can view fountains from previous years there too!!)
  • 10/11: Awesome fountains!  Your reward is that HW3 is now ready for you to do!
  • 10/04: HW1 results:  Here are the awesome pics that people submitted for HW1!
  • 09/25: Get ready ... ! First class Thurs Sept 27th ...

Lecture Notes

Extra video sessions and office hours:

Wednesday at 5:15pm in BE358

The URL for the set of videos if you are not coming to the session is here, or get them directly on YouTube here