= Compact course on hydrodynamic stability =

by

'''Kirti Chandra Sahu'''

Department of Chemical Engineering

IIT Hyderabad

Date: 11-12 October, 2013

=== Schedule ===
 * 11 October (Friday): 11am-12:30pm and 2pm-3:30pm
 * 12 October (Saturday): 9:30am-11:00am and 11:30am-1:00pm

=== Topics ===
 * The concept of small-disturbance theory
 * Outline of typical linear stability theory
 * Linearized stability of parallel viscous flows
 * Some typical base state (mean flow): Couette, Poiseuille and Pipe flows, Blassius boundary layer profile
 * Numerical method to solve the linear stability equation for channel flow (The code will be given)
 * Inviscid approach