CE 156 — Elementary Fluid Mechanics
BSc Geological Engineering · KNUST
Fundamental concepts in fluid mechanics; Characteristics and properties of fluid; Fluid statics: Basic equation of hydrostatics, pressure distribution in a static and constant accelerating fluid, hydrostatic force on plane and curved surfaces immersed in static fluid, floating bodies and buoyancy, continuity equation (differential and integral form); Kinematics of fluid motion: Velocity, acceleration, streamlines, stream-tubes, particle paths, streak lines; Definition of irrotational and rotational flow; Circulation; Stream function and velocity potential function for flow in a uniform stream and due to source, sink and doublet and for simple combinations of these.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Year One
- Semester
- Semester Two
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