May 25, 2026  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ASTR 8130 - Introduction to Fluid Dynamics with Astrophysical Applications


3 Hours
Fluid dynamics including viscosity, diffusion, vorticity, turbulence, convection, and instabilities. Applications to chemically reactive flows, boundary layers, relativistic flows, particle-fluid interactions, and shocks and astrophysical settings such as stellar oscillations and galactic dynamics using numerical methods and computational frameworks.

Prerequisite(s): None.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre/Corequisite(s): None.
Requirements: None.