Fundamentals of Fluid Behaviour

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

An introduction to the behaviour of fluids for engineers. Fluid properties; equilibrium, phase transformations, the phase rule, phase diagrams, vapour pressure. Ideal and real gases; simple kinetic theory and equations of state. Fluid mechanics; ideal fluids, viscosity, flow of fluids in macro- and microfluidic systems. Engineering applications of fluids. Antirequisite(s): Credit for Engineering 212 and Engineering 201 will not be allowed