| Week |
Theoretical |
Practical |
| 1 |
The field of fluid mechanics, descriptions, dimensions and units |
Reynolds experiment |
| 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 |
Recitation |
| 8 |
General characteristics of flow in pressurized pipes, friction losses, energy and hydraulic grade lines, Darcy-Weisbach and Hazen-Williams equations |
Experiment of friction losses in various pipes |
| 9 |
Darcy-Weisbach friction factor in laminar and turbulent flows, head loss in single pipe systems, velocity and diameter calculations |
Minor loss and venturimeter experiments |
| 10 |
Minor losses and flow measurement using venturimeter |
Recitation |
| 11 |
Pipes in series and in parallel, equivalent diameter, multi-reservoir systems, junctions |
Experiment of water distribution networks |
| 12 |
Solution to water distribution networks using Hardy-Cross method, pumps and turbines |
Recitation |
| 13 |
Open channel flow, properties, types and uniform flow equations |
Experiments of Flow types, flow state and flow through obstacles in open channels , Experiment of gradually varied flow |
| 14 |
Specific energy, critical flow, channel transitions, Rapidly varied flow, specific force and gradually varied flow |
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| 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 |
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