1. Ming-Jyh CHERN, B.S., M.S., D.Phil. Oxon, Associate Professor FALL SEMESTER, 2007 LAMINAR FLOW THEORY

2. ADMINSTRATIVE ISSUES

3. Relevant Information I course code: ME5801701 lecture schedule: 9:30 – 12:20 Friday during the fall semester, 2007. classroom: T3- lecturer: Ming-Jyh Chern （陳明志） office: T3 – 708, tel: 27376496 e-mail: mjchern@mail.ntust.edu.tw

4. Relevant Information II prerequisites: fluid mechanics, heat transfer, engineering mathematics textbook: White, F.M., 1991 Viscous Fluid Flows. 2 nd ed., McGraw-Hill Inc., New York. ISBN 0-07-100995-7 references: 1. Schlichting, H., 1979 Boundary Layer Theory. 7 th ed., McGraw-Hill Inc., New York. 2. Currie, I.G., 1974 Fundamental Mechanics of Fluids. McGraw-Hill Inc., New York.

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6. Requirements Homework: There will some assignments. Please submit assignments by due dates. Exam: There will be a middle exam. and a final exam. during the semester. Assignments and exams will have 30% and 70% in the final grading, respectively.

7. Contens 1.tensor notation 2.fundamental equations of compressible viscous fluid flow 3.exact solutions of the Newtonian viscous flows. 4.laminar boundary layer 5.stability of laminar flow