COURSE SYLLABUS

FLUID MECHANICS

1	Course Title:	FLUID MECHANICS
2	Course Code:	INS3051
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	1
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç.Dr. SERDAR KORKMAZ
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	skorkmaz@uludag.edu.tr 0224 24 09 04
18	Website:	http://insaat.uludag.edu.tr/
19	Objective of the Course:	To teach the student the theory and application of fluid mechanics, the fundamental of hydraulic engineering
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to identify the physical properties of fluids;
2	To be able to calculate the hydrostatic forces acting on plane and curved surfaces by means of theory and experiments;
3	To be able to classify the types of fluid flow;
4	To be able to apply the fundamental conservation principles to pressurized and open channel flow problems by means of theory and experiments;
5	To be able to calculate the friction and minor losses in pressurized flows as well as pump and turbine powers;
6	To be able to analyze and design water distribution networks;
7	To be able to calculate the flow rate, depth and force of water and design channels;
8	To be able to improve in observation, measurement and report writing habitude by means of laboratory experiments;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The field of fluid mechanics, descriptions, dimensions and units	Recitation
2	Physical properties of fluids, body and surface forces	Recitation
3	Hydrostatics, governing equation, pressure distribution and measurement	Hydrostatic pressure experiment
4	Hydrostatic forces on plane and curved surfaces	Recitation
5	Kinematics, position, velocity, acceleration vectors, motion and deformation of a fluid element, flow types	Recitation
6	Concepts of system and control volume, Reynolds Transport Theorem	Water jet impact experiment
7	Conservation of mass, momentum and energy, Bernoulli’s equation	Pitot tube experiment
8	General characteristics of flow in pressurized pipes, friction losses, energy and hydraulic grade lines, Darcy-Weisbach and Hazen-Williams equations	Venturimeter experiment
9	Darcy-Weisbach friction factor in laminar and turbulent flows, head loss in single pipe systems, velocity and diameter calculations	Orificemeter experiment
10	Minor losses and flow measurement using venturimeter	Experiment of friction losses in pipes
11	Pipes in series and in parallel, equivalent diameter, multi-reservoir systems, junctions	Minor loss experiment
12	Solution to water distribution networks using Hardy-Cross method, pumps and turbines	Pump performance experiment
13	Open channel flow, properties, types and uniform flow equations	Open channel flow experiment
14	Specific energy, critical flow, channel transitions, Rapidly varied flow, specific force and gradually varied flow

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. CE272 Fluid Mechanics Lecture Notes, METU, Civil Eng. Dept., 2009. 2. CE372 Hydromechanics Lecture Notes, METU, Civil Eng. Dept., 2009. 3. Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, B. R. Munson, D. F. Young, T. H. Okiishi, John Wiley, 2003. 4. Fluid Mechanics 6th Ed, F. M. White, McGraw Hill, 2008.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	6	10
Final Exam	1	60
Total	8	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High