• Semester 1 (Day)
• Semester 1 (External)

Synopsis

In  common with many other areas of engineering, the body of knowledge
within the traditional  fluid  mechanics areas has expanded widely  to
a   point   where   the  different  disciplines  of  engineering  need
different specialised knowledge.  This is  reflected in the acceptance
of  "hydraulics" or "hydraulic engineering" as  a specialist field  of
study  of  prime  interest to civil and agricultural engineers.  Since
water   can  largely  be  regarded  as  incompressible,  some  of  the
traditional  concepts  of  fluid mechanics need  to  be  treated  only
briefly  to  permit  a   greater grounding in the  types  of  problems
encountered by hydraulic engineers.

The   unit  seeks to provide a grounding in fluid statics, fluid  flow
concepts  and measurement, flow of incompressible fluids in pipelines,
boundary  layers on flat plates  and  in  ducts, steady flow  in  open
channels,  hydraulic models,  and  an introduction  to  the   concepts
of  ideal  fluid  flow and  curvilinear  flow.   An  introduction   to
some    fundamental  thermodynamic  laws  and   principles   is   also
provided    in    recognition    that   most    engineering    systems
incorporate  energy transfer in some form.