MANE 4960/6960 · Senior & graduate elective
Compressible Flows
Speed of sound, nozzles, shocks and expansion fans, Fanno and Rayleigh flow, through to hypersonic nonequilibrium flows.
- Spring 2024
- Spring 2025
Teaching
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering
Teaching
Undergraduate and graduate courses in fluid mechanics and compressible flows, taught through the lens of our research, recent advances and the history of the field.
2courses
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4semesters taught
MANE 2720 · Undergraduate core
Fluid Mechanics
Fluid properties, statics, control-volume analysis, dimensional analysis, pipe flow, boundary layers and turbomachinery.
- Fall 2023
- Fall 2025
Course materials
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Syllabus
Course information, textbooks, topics, grading and policies for MANE 4960/6960.
MANE 4960/6960Spring 2025
Syllabus
Course information for MANE 4960/6960 Compressible Flows: meeting times, prerequisites (MANE 2720 Fluid Mechanics), textbooks (Anderson, Modern Compressible Flow and Hypersonic and High-Temperature Gas Dynamics), topics, grading and course policies.
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Syllabus
Course information, textbook, topics, grading and policies for MANE 2720.
MANE 2720Fall 2025
Syllabus
Course information for MANE 2720 Fluid Mechanics: meeting times, prerequisites, teaching assistants, the textbook (Pritchard & Mitchell, Fox & McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 10th ed.), important dates, grading and course policies.
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Week 1: Introduction and fundamental concepts
What a fluid is, the basic equations, dimensions and units, viscosity, flow lines, surface tension and the classification of flows.
Lecture slides47 slides
Week 1: Introduction and fundamental concepts
Slides from the first week: the course outline, an introduction to fluid mechanics, the definition of a fluid, the basic equations, dimensions and units, viscosity, shear stress and drag, timelines, pathlines, streaklines and streamlines, surface tension and capillary effects, experimental error, and the classification of fluid flows.
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