Week 1:Introduction to the goals of the course. The continuum hypothesis
Week 2:Kinematics, conservation laws 1: the mass continuity equation
Week 3: Conservation laws 2: the momentum continuity equation
Week 4:Dimensionless numbers in fluid dynamics
Week 5:Dynamic similarity in fluid dynamics and aerodynamics
Week 6:Compressible flows and the speed of sound
Week 7: An introduction to shocks
Week 8:Applications to Astrophysics: transonic flows – spherical accretion and he solar wind
Week 9:Applications to Astrophysics: the de Laval nozzle, astrophysical jets
Week 10:Applications to Astrophysics: Accretion disks
Week 11: Including magnetic fields – basics of magnetohydrodynamics
Week 12:Magnetohydrodynamic phenomena in Astrophysics: dynamos, magnetized jets
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