# Fluid Dynamics for Astrophysics

- Institution: IISER Pune
- Department: Physics
- Teacher: Prof. Prasad Subramanian
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115106124)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115106124)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

## Lectures

1. [Introduction to the course](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/da6e618af0c7) (Video)
2. [Continuum hypothesis, distribution function and stress-viscosity relation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/069ed75624a8) (Video)
3. [Continuum hypothesis, distribution function and stress-viscosity relation - Recap](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/80281364fd4f) (Video)
4. [Fluid Kinematics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/c4593180bec3) (Video)
5. [Fluid Kinematics - Recap](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/19cd235ec189) (Video)
6. [Conservation laws: Mass conservation and incomprehensibility](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/26a9db4c2e38) (Video)
7. [Conservation laws: Momentum conservation and Euler equation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/02957faad8ec) (Video)
8. [Conservation laws - Recap](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/4fe23b259a89) (Video)
9. [Potential flows](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/ccf7c0a93a8e) (Video)
10. [Bernoulli constant, its applications and voracity equation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/dbc8938acb1f) (Video)
11. [Recap - Potential flows, Bernoulli constant and its applications](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/c4b8593b7d96) (Video)
12. [Voracity dynamics -- Kelvin's voracity theorem and Magus effect](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/5196d0ba30b9) (Video)
13. [Navier-Stokes equation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/96f52b2bdeb3) (Video)
14. [Navier-Stokes equation (contd.) and energy equation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/5bb53c02f39b) (Video)
15. [Energy equation in a conservative form](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/2da78334a31f) (Video)
16. [Boundary conditions in Navier-Stokes equation, d'Alembert's paradox](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/c51143ab08b0) (Video)
17. [Poiseuille flow, deriving viscosity from microscopics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/bbfb55de7fe2) (Video)
18. [Dimensionless numbers -- Mach number, Reynolds number](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/8a5ac810db2e) (Video)
19. [DimDimensionless numbers contd -- plasma beta, magnetic Reynolds number, Alfven Mach number, Prandl numberensionless numbers -- Mach number, Reynolds number](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/7fc83d2577c4) (Video)
20. [Reynolds number and dynamic similarity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/c5eb5f77eed5) (Video)
21. [Reynolds number recap, Low Re flows, and drag on a sphere (Stokes law)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/5a00b5beef46) (Video)
22. [High Re flows -- turbulent drag law, vortex shedding and drag crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/85184480baa9) (Video)
23. [Lift on a body, introduction to compressible flows](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/acfbc84cf237) (Video)
24. [Compressible flows -- derivation of sound speed and dispersion relation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/be648e23698c) (Video)
25. [Subsonic and supersonic flows](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/e07c0aee289f) (Video)
26. [Propagation of sonic information, shock tube problem and piston problem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/34c11dc9551a) (Video)
27. [Criterion for neglect of compressibility, method of characteristics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/269cdeada13e) (Video)
28. [Shock thickness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/6804eaaf0fa0) (Video)
29. [Shock thickness recap, shock jump conditions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/f56c7931a1fb) (Video)
30. [Shock jump conditions (contd), transonic 1D flows, converging/diverging channels](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/74189b2987c2) (Video)
31. [Coverging/diverging channels, de Laval nozzle and its application to astrophysical jets](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/101ef6ea0554) (Video)
32. [Spherically symmetric transonic flows](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/f1be99a74852) (Video)
33. [Spherically symmetric transonic flows (contd)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/ba71ab7b1f9e) (Video)
34. [Solar wind : Parker's solution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/bf87d64381dc) (Video)
35. [Solar wind : Modifications in Parker's solution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/c7988a8cf3fe) (Video)
36. [Spherical accretion onto a compact object : Eddington luminosity and accretion rate](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/ed9a36990b17) (Video)
37. [Spherical accretion onto a compact object : Solutions for flow properties](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/c29142d05559) (Video)
38. [Spherical accretion (contd), disk accretion--Roche lobe overflow](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/25ae01e48d27) (Video)
39. [Disk accretion : Mass conservation and vertical hydrostatic equilibrium](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/ebf873b6c008) (Video)
40. [Disk accretion : Removal of angular momentum, Shakura-Sunyaev viscosity parameter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/5073216e91b9) (Video)
41. [Disk accretion : Viscous dissipation and the energy equation, two-temperature criterion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/13b3ecef53b5) (Video)
42. [Particle acceleration in astrophysical settings : Shocks and non-thermal energy distribution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/1fc7bb9eb2e7) (Video)
43. [Particle acceleration in astrophysical settings : Diffusive shock acceleration](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/a26d9550e94c) (Video)
44. [Spherical blast waves : Bomb explosion and supernova explosion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/80fa0bb8ae02) (Video)
45. [Spherical blast waves : Sedov-Taylor solution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/b301148b8c79) (Video)
46. [Spherical blast waves : Sedov-Taylor solution (contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/a982dd965945) (Video)
47. [Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) : Introduction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/6c70ccc58d2d) (Video)
48. [Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) : The induction equation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/bbcbdf801d0d) (Video)
49. [Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) : Currents in MHD, momentum equation and magnetic stress tensor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/a0e217963010) (Video)
50. [Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) : Magnetic stresses and magnetic buoyancy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/0c356557e818) (Video)
51. [Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) : Plasma beta, force-free fields and potential configurations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/82433b4ba08e) (Video)
52. [Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) : Magnetic flux-freezing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/f5b8c2a165f8) (Video)
53. [Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) : Magnetic flux-freezing (contd.), magnetic dynamos](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/90ae8bc8dbee) (Video)
54. [Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) : Dynamo theory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/3261df1890eb) (Video)
55. [Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) : Waves in MHD - Alfven waves](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/ce99108123ef) (Video)
56. [Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) : Waves in MHD - Alfven waves and magnetosonic waves](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/877f7657ed96) (Video)
57. [Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) : Waves in MHD - Magnetosonic waves](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/3d7f69cf89c2) (Video)
58. [Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) : Shocks in MHD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/491bb22c911c) (Video)
59. [Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) : Shocks in MHD - Shock jump conditions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/93923c816e98) (Video)
60. [Non-ideal MHD : Introduction to magnetic reconnection](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/49583b1842fc) (Video)
61. [Non-ideal MHD : Magnetic reconnection - The Sweet-Parker model](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/1105c4a9b5bc) (Video)
62. [Non-ideal MHD : Magnetic reconnection - The Petscheck model](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/8406c89062b3) (Video)
63. [Sun's atmosphere : Solar corona and the coronal heating problem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/30da809bc324) (Video)
64. [Solar eruptions : Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) and solar flares](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/c6778e79b897) (Video)
65. [Live Session 26-02-2021](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115106124/da6e618af0c7-2) (Video)