Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
CE 3400 - Fluid Mechanics
Statics and dynamics of viscous and nonviscous fluids, dimensional analysis and similitude, pipe flow, principles of lift and drag, and introduction to boundary layers.
Requisites: C or better in ET 2240
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to apply the energy conservation principle to solve pipe flow problems.
- Students will be able to determine hydraulic drag.
- Students will be able to perform dimensional analysis.
- Students will be able to solve basic hydraulic lift problems.
- Students will be able to explain the boundary layer theory.
- Students will be able to explain engineering properties possessed by fluids.
- Students will be able to determine hydrostatic forces acting on submerged bodies.
- Students will be able to apply Bernouli equation to solve fluid flow problems.
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