Marine Hydrodynamics
Fluid mechanics developed for naval architecture and ocean engineering, covering the transport theorem and conservation principles, the Navier-Stokes equations, dimensional analysis, ideal and potential flow, vorticity and Kelvin's theorem, D'Alembert's paradox, added mass, and slender-body theory. Later units move into viscous flow, laminar and turbulent boundary layers, model testing and scaling laws, potential theory applied to surface waves, wave and body forces, and linearized lifting-surface theory. The course, originally MIT's Course 13 subject 13.021 and renumbered 2.20 after ocean engineering joined the Mechanical Engineering department, includes an experimental project conducted in a towing tank or propeller tunnel. Materials available through MIT OpenCourseWare include lecture notes and problem sets, free to access with no certificate offered. Suited to students who already have a foundation in calculus-based mechanics and want a rigorous treatment of ship and ocean hydrodynamics.