MEK4800 – Environmental fluid mechanics

After completing the course you have

• learned about selected fluid flow phenomena that exist in nature
• been trained in analysing problems
• learned to structure and write a report, which is written by using a typesetting software for writing mathematics (e.g. LaTeX)
• been trained in communicating the results
• conducted a small research project or literature review
• presented the results.

Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may apply to take this course as a single course student.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

• FYS-MEK1110 – Mechanics (discontinued) or FYS1100 – Mechanics and Modelling
• MEK1100 – Vector Calculus
• MEK2200 – Continuum Mechanics or MEK3230 – Fluid Mechanics

4 hours of lectures/exercises per week throughout the semester.

The course may be taught in Norwegian if the lecturer and all students at the first lecture agree to it.

Upon the attendance of three or fewer students, the lecturer may, in conjunction with the Head of Teaching, change the course to self-study with supervision.

Final written exam or final oral exam, which counts 100 % towards the final grade.

The form of examination will be announced by the lecturer by 1 October/1 March for the autumn semester and the spring semester respectively.

This course has 1 mandatory assignment that must be approved before you can sit the final exam. The mandatory assignment must be written with a typesetting software for writing mathematics (e.g. LaTeX).

It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: MEK3800 – Environmental fluid mechanics

This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:

• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Withdrawal during an examination / Resitting an examination