Topics: unsteady one-dimensional subsonic and supersonic flows, acoustics, sound propagation, supersonic flows with shocks and Prandtl-Meyer expansions, flow around slender bodies, shock tubes, reaction fronts (deflagration and detonation).Mathematical tools: method of characteristics and selected numerical methods.

An introduction to the physical and mathematical foundations of fluid dynamics is given.Topics include dimensional analysis, integral and differential conservation laws, inviscid and viscous flows, Navier-Stokes equations, boundary layers, turbulent pipe flow. Elementary solutions and examples are presented.

This course teaches the basis and the methods for the description and for the quantitative treatment of heat transfer and fluid flow with emphasis on physico-chemical processes

Principles of the motion of natural and artificial satellites, rocket dynamics, orbital maneuvers and interplanetary missions.