Lectures related to Astrophysical Fluids Dynamics

Covers energy transformation in thermodynamics, discussing laws, entropy, and spontaneity criteria for reactions.

Explains magnetic flux freezing and the transition to a 1-fluid model in plasma dynamics.

Covers magnetohydrodynamics, focusing on modeling challenges and MHD equations in plasma physics.

Explores plasma waves described by the two-fluid model and the behavior of Langmuir waves.

Explores astrophysical fluids, plasmas, MHD, turbulence, and plasma oscillations, including Faraday rotation for measuring cosmic magnetic fields.

Explores turbulence characteristics, simulation methods, and modeling challenges, providing guidelines for choosing and validating turbulence models.

Covers mass and momentum conservation, Navier-Stokes equations, and analytical methods in incompressible fluid mechanics.

Discusses approximations in incompressible, unsteady, and inviscid flow, lift, drag, viscosity, and fluid element deformation.