Hydrodynamics & Elasticity 2025/2026

Spreading of a surfactant over a thin liquid film on a silicon wafer. Authors: A. Darhuber, B. Fischer and S. Troian, Princeton U.

Maciej Lisicki & Piotr Szymczak & Rafał Błaszkiewicz

Lectures (ML & PS): Tuesdays 13:15 – 16:00, room B0.14
Tutorials (ML & PS & RB): Thursdays 9:15 – 12:00, rooms 2.06 & B0.02 (TBC)

Rules of course completion

• At least 50% of the points combined from:
  • Homeworks – weight 20%
  • Test 1 – weight 40%
  • Test 2 – weight 40%
• At least 50% of the points from the written exam
• Oral exam -> grade.

Exam: TBD

Recommended reading
• B. Lautrup, Physics of Continuous Matter, IoP Publishing (2005).
• L.D. Landau, E.M. Lifshitz, Hydrodynamics
• L.D. Landau, E.M. Lifshitz, Theory of Elasticity
• S.C. Hunter, Mechanics of Continuous Media, Ellis Horwood Ltd. (1976).
• D.J. Acheson, Elementary Fluid Dynamics, Oxford Univ. Press (1999).
• National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films.