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CIV 364 – Fluid Mechanic for Civil Engineers

Current Catalog Description

Fluid statics and dynamics, including pressurizedflow in pipe systems and open channel flows. Partial differential equation formulations of the conservationlaws are solved to obtain solutions to special cases such as boundary layers and pipe flow. Empirical equationsand statistical analysis are introduced for turbulent flows, drag, lift, and open channels. Maynot be taken for credit in addition to MEC 364.

Prerequisite

MEC 262; CIV major

Corequisite:

None

Textbooks and/or Other Required Material

Fluid Mechanics for Civil and Environmental Engineers,A. I. Shalaby

This course is

Required

Topics Covered

  1. System of units and general fluid characteristics
  2. Pressure distribution and buoyancy under Hydrostatics conditions
  3. Control volume analysis: mass and momentum conservation for moving fluids
  4. Energy: Bernoulli equation and it applications
  5. Pipe flow: Head loos, Pumps, and Turbines
  6. Lift and Drag: an introduction to forces on immersed bodies
  7. Flow through porous media
  8. Open-Channel flows

Course Learning and Student Outcomes

Understand the system of units and general fluid characteristicsand identify various types of fluid flows. ABET Student Outcome: 7

Determine pressure in connected pipes and U-tubesunder hydro-static conditions ABET Student Outcome: 1

Determine pressure forces and their distribution onimmersed and buoyant objects under hydro-static conditions ABET Student Outcomes: 1, 2

Apply control volume analysis including mass and momentum conservation laws for fluids in motion ABET Student Outcome: 1

Understand and apply energy (Bernoulli) equation forcommon problems in civil engineering: viscous pipe flow ABET Student Outcomes: 1, 6

Apply energy equation to compute major and minor headloss in pipe(s) connecting two reservoirs ABET Student Outcomes: 1, 6

Apply energy and continuity equations to analyze networksof pipes and multiple reservoirs ABET Student Outcomes: 1, 2

Quantify lift and drag forces on solid bodies to determinewind forces on infrastructures ABET Student Outcomes: 1, 2, 6

Understand and apply the specific energy and hydraulicjump equations to solve open-channel flows problems. ABET Student Outcomes: 1

Analyze flow through porous media and design of deepwells in confined and unconfined aquifers. ABET Student Outcomes: 1, 2, 3

Prepared by

Ali Khosronejad (2019)

Last Updated:

4/2021