/College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Department of Civil Engineering

CIV 364 - Fluid Mechanics for Civil Engineers

Current Catalog Description

Fluid statics and dynamics, including pressurized flow in pipe systems and open channel flows. Partial differential equation formulations of the conservation laws are solved to obtain solutions to special cases such as boundary layers and pipe flow. Empirical equations and statistical analysis are introduced for turbulent flows, drag, lift, and open channels. May not 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 characteristics and identify various types of fluid flows. ABET Student Outcome: 7

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

Determine pressure forces and their distribution on immersed 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 for common problems in civil engineering: viscous pipe flow ABET Student Outcomes: 1, 6

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

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

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

Understand and apply the specific energy and hydraulic jump 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