Department of Mathematics
Fall 2003

MATH 462 - Fluid Dynamics

Week 01

07 January
today's lecture time: 3:00-4:30, AQ4130
lecture times will be finalized later this week
volunteers for class notes still needed
jetstream windspeed (link), thanks to dave alexander
line plot script (w01line.m)
velocity field script (w01flow.m)
drift plot (w01drift.m)
ducks (link)
other floating stuff (link)

05 January
syllabus (pdf)
info form (pdf), please bring completed form to first lecture
assignment #0 (pdf)
historical dates (text)

Images & Info:

  fluid properties
  density of water
  helium voice
  water properties
  viscosity
  ocean pressure
  surface tension

  today's jetstream: http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/wxdata/upperair/index.html

Web Resources & Interest:

  history of hydraulics (link)
  matlab intro manual (pdf)
  matlab web info (link)
  maple web info (link)
  reference books (link)