At the end of this course, students are expected to be able to identify the rock types and hence select appropriate construction aggregates or stone materials for engineering purposes. Students are also expected to understand geological processes and erosion and how to control erosion. They should also know the effect of erosion on the environment and Civil Engineering works.
- Teacher: Felix Menu
Credits: 2
Course Objectives
After taking this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the causes of fluid flow;
- Classify fluid flow;
- Understand the principles and derive the continuity and energy equations;
- Apply the principles of the Bernoulli’s equation in flow measurements;
- Identify and determine headlosses in pipe flows.
Course Description
The course also covers the following concepts of hydrokinematics: causes of fluid flow, description of flow (fluid element, pathline, streamlines, stream tubes, filament or streak line, one, two- and three-dimensional flows, laminar and turbulent flows), classification of flow (steady and unsteady flows, uniform and non-uniform flows). The course examines fundamental principles and equations of fluid flow. It emphasises the principle of conservation of matter (mass) leading to the derivation of the continuity equation, the principle of conservation of energy leading to the derivation of the general energy equation, Euler’s equation and the Bernoulli’s equations for ideal and real fluids, and applications of the Bernoulli’s equation in flow measurement. It also discusses head losses in piped (pressurized) flow.
Reading Materials
Arora, K. R. (1999): Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics and Hydraulic Machines. New Delhi: Standard Publishers Distributors.
Bansal, R. K. (2002): Textbook of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines. New Delhi: Laxmi Publishing (P) Ltd.
Douglas, J. F. (1992): Solving Problems in Fluid Mechanics (Vol. 1). United Kingdom: Longmann Scientific and Technology.
- Teacher: Eric Awere