FLUID DYNAMICS
An introduction to fluid mechanics, including velocity field description, forces and stresses, fluid particle acceleration, Reynolds Transport Theorem, conservation laws, non-dimensionalization, Bernoulli equation, boundary layer, hydrostatics, and solutions to internal and external flow.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: ( M E 361 , CIV ENGR 324 , or CBE 310 ) and ( MATH 319 , 320 or 375 ), or member of Engineering Guest Students Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply control volume analysis to solve fluid mechanics problems, for fluids at rest and in movement Audience: Undergraduate 2. Simplify the equations of fluid mechanics to solve realistic engineering problems involving fluids by making appropriate assumptions Audience: Undergraduate 3. Calculate losses in piping systems and other internal flows using dimensionless correlations Audience: Undergraduate 4. Calculate forces created by external flow on a solid immersed in a fluid using dimensionless correlations Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply control volume analysis to solve fluid mechanics problems, for fluids at rest and in movement Audience: Undergraduate 2. Simplify the equations of fluid mechanics to solve realistic engineering problems involving fluids by making appropriate assumptions Audience: Undergraduate 3. Calculate losses in piping systems and other internal flows using dimensionless correlations Audience: Undergraduate 4. Calculate forces created by external flow on a solid immersed in a fluid using dimensionless correlations Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027