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EducationEducation ProgramFluid Mechanics

  This specialty was established in 1958, and began to train the graduate students in 1962. As a key specialty in Shanghai, it has the right to confer master and doctor degree, and it has already set up a post-doctor station.

  The specialty is the earliest fluid mechanic center for doctors, which is characterized by hydromechanical research in the country. It mainly deals with research of such field of high speed hydrodynamics on free surface, irregular aerodynamics, computational hydrodynamics, fluid noise control, fluid dynamics of estuary and environment, etc. It has obtained many national, provincial and ministerial prizes of Scientific and Technological Progress. It has extensive exchanges both at home and abroad. The specialty now has abundant teachers – an academician and five doctoral tutors.

  The specialty has a fluid dynamics laboratory with multi-functional water troughs, small-scale low-speed wind-tunnels, gravity type vacuole, high speed self-enclosed circulating water tunnel equipment and laser speed testing apparatus, water noise apparatus, etc. A high-performance parallel computation server has also been built. The specialty undertakes forecasting research in national defense and applied research in some key projects.

  I. Training Objectives
  Doctorate winners should grasp solid basic theory and systematical specialized knowledge, and have the ability of independent scientific research. They are able to achieve innovative results in theory, computing technology and science and technology of fluid mechanics.

  II. Main Research Directions
  1. High speed hydrodynamics
  2. Computational aerodynamics
  3. Underwater fluid noise control
  4. Fluid dynamics of estuary and environment
  5. Industrial fluid mechanics
  6. Bio-fluid mechanics

  III. Length of Schooling and Credits
  The full-time doctorial students’ length of schooling is 3 years. The total credits must get requested 17 credits at least. Semi-sabbatical doctorial students’ period of schooling can be prolonged for another one year or two years as approved.

  The master-doctors’ length of schooling is 4.5 years. The total credits must get requested 47 credits at least, among them the credits for their master degree study must get requested 30 credits at least, and doctorate study17 at least.

  IV. Courses Offered
  1. Causes for doctoral candidates

Classification No. Name of Courses Credit Time Remarks
Compulsory courses B09001 Modern scientific and technological revolution and Marxism 3.0 spring,autumn  
Compulsory courses B14001 Doctoral English 3.0 spring,autumn  
Compulsory courses B63001 Multi- media academic Papers Reading 1.0 spring,autumn  
Elective courses B14006 Second foreign language 2.0 spring,autumn  
Elective courses B07101 Scientific computation I 2.0 autumn  
Elective courses B07104 Nonlinear analysis 2.0 spring  
Elective courses B07201 Advanced statistical mechanics 2.0 spring  
Elective courses B07202 Computational physics 3.0 autumn  
Elective courses B07203 Practical quantum mechanics 3.0 autumn  
Specialized courses C10008 Introduction of turbulence 3.0 autumn  
Specialized courses C10009 Singular perturbation methods 2.5 spring  
Specialized courses C10010 Hydrodynamics of free surfaces 3.0 autumn Teaching in English
Specialized courses C10011 Fluiddynamics of estuary and environment 2.5 spring  
Specialized courses C10012 Modern numerical methods 3.0 spring  
Specialized courses C10013 Dynamics of waves 3.0 autumn Teaching in English
Specialized courses S10001 general reading of professional literature 2.0 spring, autumn  

2. Causes for master-doctoral degree candidates

Classification No. Name of Courses Credit Time Remarks
Causes for master degree candidates
Degree G09001 Introduction to Natural Dialectics 2.0 autumn Compulsory courses
Degree G14001 Basic English 3.0 spring, autumn Compulsory courses
Degree X10001 Advanced fluiddynamics 3.0 autumn  
Degree X10011 Modern methods of mathematical physics in fluidmechanics 3.0 autumn  
Degree X10012 Modern numerical methods in fluidmecanics ( I ) 2.0 spring  
Degree X10013 Modern numerical methods in fluid dynamics ( II) 2.0 spring  
Degree X10002 Introduction of continuum mechanics 2.0 autumn  
Degree X10003 Analytical dynamics 3.0 autumn  
Degree X10014 Modern methods of flow measurements 3.0 spring  
Non-degree F10001 Tensor analysis and applications 2.0 autumn  
Non-degree F10002 Hydrodynamics 2.5 autumn  
Non-degree F10003 Bio-fluidmecanics 2.0 spring  
Non-degree F10011 Theory of underwater fluid noise 3.0 spring  
Non-degree F10018 Fluidmechanics 2.0 autumn  
Non-degree F10019 Dynamics of viscous flows 3.0 spring  
Non-degree F10021 computational flight dynamics 2.0 spring  
Non-degree   High performance computing in numerical simulations 2.0 spring new
Non-degree F10030 Computer graphics 3.0 autumn  
Non-degree F10032 Advanced aerodynamics 3.0 spring  
Non-degree S10001 general reading of professional literature 3.0 spring, autumn Compulsory courses
Causes for doctoral candidates
Compulsory courses B09001 Socialism and the contemporary world 3.0 spring  
Compulsory courses B14001 Doctoral English 3.0 spring,autumn  
Compulsory courses B63001 Multi- media academic Papers Reading 1.0 spring,autumn  
Elective courses B14006 Second foreign language 2.0 spring,autumn  
Elective courses B07101 Scientific computation I 2.0 autumn  
Elective courses B07104 Nonlinear analysis 2.0 spring  
Elective courses B07201 Advanced statistical mechanics 2.0 spring  
Elective courses B07202 Computational physics 3.0 autumn  
Elective courses B07203 Practical quantum mechanics 3.0 autumn  
Specialized courses C10008 Introduction of turbulence 3.0 autumn  
Specialized courses C10009 Singular perturbation methods 2.5 spring  
Specialized courses C10010 Hydrodynamics of free surfaces 3.0 autumn Teaching in English
Specialized courses C10011 Fluid dynamics of estuary and environment 2.5 spring  
Specialized courses C10012 Modern numerical methods 3.0 spring  
Specialized courses C10013 Wave dynamics 3.0 autumn Teaching in English
Specialized courses S10001 general reading of professional literature 2.0 spring, autumn  



  V. Middle Examinations
  The integrated examination of doctoral and master-doctoral degree candidates and the credentials affirmation of master-doctoral degree candidates refer to “Rules on the training of graduate students studying for a doctorate at Shanghai Jiaotong University” and “Rules on the training of master-doctoral candidates at Shanghai Jiaotong University”.
After entering this stage, graduate students should submit a brief summary of their half-a year work to their guide teacher by the end of each term, reporting the progress of the thesis within the range of the specialty.

  VI. Opening Report
  The opening report of doctoral candidates must be finished during the third term. The reading amount of documents is within fifty to one hundred.

  After achieving their doctor's qualification, master-doctoral degree candidates must finish their opening report during the fifth term. Reading amount of documents is the same as that of doctors.
At the last period of their opening report, they must have their oral defense at a public lecture participated by experts of the specialty or the relevant specialties.

  VII. Academic Dissertation
  Its details refer to the regulations about academic dissertation of the university.

  VIII. Thesis Publishing
  Its details refer to “Requirement for graduate students of publishing scientific paper during learning at Shanghai Jiaotong University”.