Fluid Mechanics
| Title | ΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΗ ΤΩΝ ΡΕΥΣΤΩΝ / Fluid Mechanics |
| Code | ΓΘΕ203 |
| Faculty | Sciences |
| School | Physics |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Georgios Pappas |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 40003034 |
Programme of Study: PROGRAMMA SPOUDŌN 2022
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Class ID | 600284984
|
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600284984
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=6166
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
- Knowledge of differential, integral and vector calculus.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
Course Content (Syllabus)
Indicative material covered:
• Introductory concepts regarding fluids.
• Introduction to fluid static.
• Fluid kinematics. Incompressible and irrotational flows. Velocity potential and stream function.
• Ideal fluids and their governing equations. Applications to ideal fluids.
• Real (Newtonian) fluids and their governing equations. Applications to Newtonian fluids.
• Perturbations and waves.
• Instabilities.
• Introduction to turbulence.
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 87 | 2.9 | |||
| Exams | 3 | 0.1 | |||
| Problem solving at home | 30 | 1 | |||
| Total | 120 | 4 |
Student Assessment
Description
Homework and final exam.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
- homework (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Εισαγωγή στη Μηχανική των Συνεχών Μέσων, Ι.Δ. Χατζηδημητρίου και Γ.Δ. Μπόζης (Εκδ. Τζιόλα)
2. Δυναμική των Ρευστών, Νεκτάριος Βλαχάκης (Εκδ. Παπαζήσης)
Additional bibliography for study
1. APPLICATIONS OF CLASSICAL PHYSICS, Roger D. Blandford and Kip S. Thorne
2. Fundamentals of Aerodynamics by John D. Anderson, Jr. (McGRAW-HILL)
3. Dynamics in Atmospheric Physics by Richard S. Lindzen (CAMBRIDGE)
4. Elementary Fluid Dynamics by D.J. Acheson (OXFORD)
5. Fluid Mechanics, Robert A. Granger (Dover)
Last Update
18-07-2025
