Fluid dynamics

Recommended Prerequisites

Training in geophysics, mechanics, mathematical physics. Understanding of English.

Teaching Methods

The teaching will be based on lectures, tutorials to solve classical problems, practical work in project mode, distance learning. Specifically cases will be used as part of the learning method and discussion of  research problems will be carried out in the tutorials. Students will also be asked to study key recent articles. Report will allow them to present their analysis.

Learning Outcomes

- Model a fluid dynamics problem applied to planetary surfaces or planetary interiors.

- Integrate a transport equation for temperature or concentration to solve problems of thermal/chemical couplings.

- Simplify the problem using the hypotheses of the problem and, if necessary, through a dimensional analysis.

- Write a detailed report on the experiments/modelling carried out in practical work in a synthetic document with adapted scientific tools (making a diagram, writing equations, etc.) in groups of two or three students.

- Know how to synthesize one's own knowledge in English, both written and oral.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The course will quantitatively address the following major topics:

- The descriptive parameters of fluid mechanics (properties of fluids, kinematics of fluids, Bernoulli’s equation, vorticity)

- Solution of fluid-flow problems that are modelled by differential equations (wave equation, diffusion equation, Laplace’s equation)

- Application to Water waves and Boundary layers

- Contributions of fluid dynamics in comparative planetology.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 30.0%
Exam: 70.0%

Bibliography

The students will be provided a free access to the main journals of the discipline (fluid mechanics, heat and fluid flows and planetology).