courseTitle
Fluid Mechanics
courseCode
CVE 241
Credits
3
Theoretical
3
Total Content
3
courseType
mandatory
Course id
44643171
Course Description
Introduction, Units and Dimensions, Fluid Properties, Fluid Static Pressure and its measuring devices, Hydrostatic Pressure and Forces on Submerged Plane and Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy and Stability of Floating Bodies, Fluid Kinematics, Fluid Flow Definitions, Discharge Equation and Continuity Equation, Energy Equation, Bernoulli Equation and its Applications (Velocity and Flow Rate Measurement Apparatus such as Pitot Tube, Venturimeter), Flow Rate through Orifices and Over Weirs, Momentum Equation and its applications; forces of Jets on plates, Flow Resistance and Viscosity, Types of Flow, Reynold’s Number, Darcy-Weisbach Formula, Energy Losses in Pipe Lines, Pipe Lines and Networks.