OCN 662: Marine Hydrodynamics

• Course Description:
This course is designed for the first-year graduate students in oceanography. Topics covered in the course include Eulerian and Lagrangian kinematics, equations of mass, momentum and energy, vorticity and divergence, irrotational flow, Laminar flow, boundary layer theory, and basics of instability and turbulence. There is no pre-requisite for this course, although students are encouraged to take Physical Oceanography (OCN 620) and Ocean Waves I (OCN 660) in parallel. A good understanding of basic mathematical concepts, such as integration, differentiation and vector operations, is required.
• Textbook:
The class instruction will follow "Fluid Mechanics" by P. K. Kundu and I. M. Cohen (2000, Academic Press) closely. This is the required textbook for the course.
• Grading Policy:
Class attendance 20%, homework 50%, and final exam 30%.
• Class Hours:
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM at MSB305 (this can be re-arranged depending on the students' schedules).