FLUID MECHANICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( MATH 234 or 375 ) and ( E M A 202 or M E 240), graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recall properties of fluids in relation to natural and engineered flows Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how pressure varies in static and moving fluids Audience: Undergraduate 3. Use conservation of mass, momentum, angular momentum, and energy to analyze flows in natural and engineered settings Audience: Undergraduate 4. Use dimensional analysis to reduce the number of parameters in analysis of flows and to develop prototype-model relationships Audience: Undergraduate 5. Assess the functioning of natural and engineered flow systems and determine appropriate analysis tools to achieve desired outcomes Audience: Undergraduate 6. Design and conduct experiments to understand fluid flows and determine quantitative relationships between dimensionless variables Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recall properties of fluids in relation to natural and engineered flows Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how pressure varies in static and moving fluids Audience: Undergraduate 3. Use conservation of mass, momentum, angular momentum, and energy to analyze flows in natural and engineered settings Audience: Undergraduate 4. Use dimensional analysis to reduce the number of parameters in analysis of flows and to develop prototype-model relationships Audience: Undergraduate 5. Assess the functioning of natural and engineered flow systems and determine appropriate analysis tools to achieve desired outcomes Audience: Undergraduate 6. Design and conduct experiments to understand fluid flows and determine quantitative relationships between dimensionless variables Audience: Undergraduate