Engineering Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

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3 Lecture Hour(s) 0 Lab Hour(s) This course covers fundamental fluids mechanics concepts and applications. Topics include Properties of Fluids; Fluid Statics - hydrostatic pressure, forces on submerged surfaces, Pascal’s Law; Archimedes’ Principle, buoyancy and stability; Fluid Dynamics - mass, energy, and momentum equations; flow and velocity measurement; pipe flow; pump characteristics, laminar and turbulent flow; open channel flow; sub and super-critical flow; and specific energy.