MAT3106 Vector Calculus and the Mathematical Modelling of Fluid Flows (FOSCI)

Semester 2 (ONC)Toowoomba (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Mathematics) Band 2

Pre-requisite: MAT2100 and MAT3105

Synopsis

First this course unifies vector algebra and differential calculus into the calculus of vector functions. It develops the differential and integral calculus, establishes their properties, and shows how these properties give useful formula in general coordinate systems. The course integrates the application of these mathematical tools to inviscid and incompressible fluid dynamics. It then extends the modelling of dynamics to the flow of a Newtonian viscous fluid such as air and water. Applications to channel flows, boundary layers, wakes, jets and lubrication are developed. This course is offered only in even numbered years.