Fluid Mechanics for Civil and Environmental Engineers
Semester/Trimester Delivered
Spring Semester
Name of Lecturer(s)
Marina Neophytou
Delivery Mode
Face-To-Face
Year of Study (if applicable)
1
Language of Instruction
Greek
Course Department
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Course Purpose and Objectives
The objectives of the course include the learning of basic principles of fluid mechanics and understanding of the flow phenomena and their mathematical formulation and analysis.
Learning Outcomes
• Understanding of basic terms in fluid dynamics
• Familiarization of students with the scope and applications of fluid mechanics.
• Understanding of fundamental governing equations (mass and momentum) for a control volume.
• Examine engineering applications, such as buoyancy, flow measurement, lift and drag forces, etc.
• Demonstrate the application of basic principles of Fluid Dynamics in natural phenomena as well as in civil and environmental engineering problems.
Course Content
1. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
2. Fluid Statics (Hydrostatics)
3. Control volume approach
4. Steady-flow momentum equation
5. Equations tangential and perpendicular to streamlines: Bernoulli’s equation and curved streamlines
6. Differential analysis of two-dimensional flows and viscous effects
7. External Flows and Boundary layers
8. Similarity Principles
9. Scaling and Model Testing
Number of ECTS
5
Level of Course
1st Cycle (Bachelor’s Degree)
Lectures/Week
2 (1.5 hours per lecture)
Prerequisites
PHY 134
Co-requisites
Not Applicable
Teaching Methodology
Lecture (3 hours/week)
Assessment
Final exam, Mid-term exam and regular series of exercises as homework.
Bibliography
1. Lecture Handouts (delivered at each lecture by the instructor).
2. MUNSON B, YOUNG D, OKIISHI T., FUNDAMENTALS OF FLUID MECHANICS, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2006, Fifth Edition.
