A complete set of reference notes is provided in advance of the course from the link below. The lectures will cover this material perhaps not identically nor in chronological order. The emphasis in lectures will be explaining how to think about problems in fluid dynamics and how the material relates to real-life physical applications. This is really important for this unit where a lot of mathematicians struggle in exams to turn the question about the physical problem into mathematical equations.
Here is some supporting material:
Recordings of my lectures will be made in my zoom room (with links to mediasite videos added once recordings complete) at the following times:
Q: cheeky q - any hints for what's on the exam?
A: here's an advance copy
Comment: Since taking this course I can no longer watch YouTube without
constantly applying fluid dynamics knowledge to everything, and I love
it... here's a cool one: https://youtu.be/k9oBTSIV8To
A: Arh ! A true disciple.
COMMENT: Just wanted to say your 2017 paper on cloaking in water waves was some
really nice (if not rather challenging) subsequent reading to Chapter
8 - it's always great to see modern applications of the concepts we
learn!
A: That's quite a big jump. Even I don't really understand it.
Q: I'm a few lectures behind, but for the purposes of planning my
revision, is lecture 29 the last one, or will there still be more
content in January?
A: Yes: read your emails, goto the end of lecture 29 where I write THE END
or notice that Lecture 29 is the last topic in the notes. I will no doubt
be giving some revision lectures in Jan.
Q: you mentioned you would try to cover q4 exam 2019 in todays problems
class but you didnt have time for it, could you release model answers
to it for if we get stuck please?
A: Yes. At some point. For now I think it's right that I provide you with
some questions without having answers to fall back on.
Cos that's what you'll face in an exam.
Q: this too shall pass is very cool, but you should watch this one moment
by OK Go, I think its more impressive!
A: I hadn't seen that one, thanks. And it's got some fluid dynamics in there too. I'm still sticking with TTSP though ! I Won't let you down is mad too.
Q: The assessed homework date deadline stated on the webpage says Tues
25th Nov, but Tues is the 24th not the 25th
A: I'm really struggling with numbers this year
Q: When you record the live lectures and upload them, when I watch the
replay I struggle to read the board idk maybe because of the lighting?
It isn't very clear. Maybe you can repeat out loud what you are
writing each time for us to write down if we can't read. Other than
that, the course is very enjoyable and you explain everything
perfectly. Thank you!!
A: Thanks for letting me know that the live sessions are difficult
to follow on the board. I've been alerted to this a couple of
times now. There is a lighting issue with later lectures after the
clocks changed, the lack of natural light and the reliance on
ceiling/board lights. I think I need to write larger and this will
help; also the boards this week were really filthy. FWIW you might
also want to follow the written solutions which should correlate
to the board solutions. Because I have a live audience, I have to
deliver the material with those people in mind primarily. It's
quite a difficult compromise. I think I know enough of the problems
to make it better in the future though. Thanks
Q: Thank you for the lectures so far they have been amazing! I was just
wondering, with the addition of the reading week, does this mean that
problem sheet 6 (the assessed one) will be pushed back a week until
week 7 of the term? Or will it still be week 6? What would the set and
due dates be?
A: Yes, everything is pushed back a week by the reading week.
Assessed HW2: Set Tuesday 17th November to hand in Tuesday 24th November 10am
Assessed HW3: Set Thursday 10th December to hand in Thursday 17th December 4pm.
And yes, I realise the last hand in is close to Xmas,
but that's what happens if we fit in a reading week into an
11 week instead of 12 week term.
COMMENT: Thought you might appreciate this mega-sized
vortex cannon
(Disclaimer, this definitely wasn't found whilst procrastinating
instead of doing the assessed homework...)
Holy smoke rings ! That's a biggun !
COMMENT: Lectures are wonderful so far, some of the best I've ever experienced
at the uni. Your constant connections to physical settings makes the
content easily digestible (which unfortunately is so often omitted by
other lecturers), and the natural humour has really helped make the
content memorable already (very excited for the future endeavours of
the Trump household!). Your unit webpage also makes everything very
clear, and the lecture recap summaries next to the hyperlinks are
something every unit should adapt. Just wanted to say thank you for
the clear enthusiasm you have for the subject, it makes it so much
more enjoyable to learn and is actually quite inspirational! We're
only 2 days into teaching and I can already tell this will be my
favourite unit :D (Hope you can get a new kettle by the way)
REPLY: Thanks for this ! Always good to hear that students are
enjoying the course. Remember, this is a joint effort... and
you play your part in making the course enjoyable too.