Fluid Mechanics - For engineers and mathematicians?

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Fluid mechanics is predominantly studied within engineering disciplines and applied mathematics, as evidenced by the course offerings at Cornell University. Engineering departments provide specialized fluid mechanics courses tailored for chemical engineers and applied engineering physics, while physics departments generally lack such courses. This trend indicates that fluid mechanics is viewed as either a practical application for engineers or a theoretical subject for applied mathematicians, rather than a core focus for physicists.

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Hi all,

Sorry if this topic has been done a lot. I'm not very good at searching.
It seems to me that fluid mechanics is left to engineers and mathematicians (in particular, applied mathematicians? I guess they study the concept of flow?)

What gives? Engineering department here at Cornell has fluid mechanic courses for different types of engineers (chemical engineers, applied engr physics) but none in physics dept (and I think phys. departments generally don't have fluid mechanics courses), so maybe it's just Cornell, but it seems that it's something that is either pretty applied (--> engrs) or very theoretical approach (very mathematical treatment --> applied mathematicians/mathematicians)

Thanks!
RedAnsar

Edit: If this is the wrong subforum, my apologies as well for that. I wasn't sure where to post this query.
 
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It is certainly a branch of physics, but traditionally, "physicists" don't really have much need for fluid mechanics.
 

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