Course Syllabus: Fluid Mechanics I & II (MEng3171)
Course Code Course Title Cr. hr ECTS Lec. Tut. Lab P. H.S
MEng3171 Fluid Mechanics 4 7 2 4 1 5
1 School School of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
2 Program [Link]. in Mechanical Engineering
3 Course Title Fluid Mechanics I
4 Course Number MEng 3171
5 ECTS 5
6 Contact hours 2 lecture, 2 tutorial, 1 lab 5 HS
7 Duration 1 Semester
8 Number of Students Taking the Module 50 Students
9 Course owner (s) Thermal chair
10 Module Introduction to Fluid Mechanics; Hydrostatics pressure in Fluids; Flow Classification;
description Properties of fluids; Viscous fluid flows; Turbulent flow in pipes; Gas dynamics (optional).
11 Prerequisite Engineering Mechanics II (Dynamics), Applied Mathematics - III
12 Learning Enables students to understand concepts, principles, laws, observations, and models of fluids
Outcome at rest and in motion,
Provides basis for understanding fluid behavior for engineering design and control of fluid
systems,
Helps students develop competence with mass, energy and momentum balances for
determining resultant interactions of flows and engineered and natural systems,
Enables students develop bases for correlating experimental data, designing procedures, and
using scale models of fluid flows,
Enables students to learn the nature of rotation, circulation, resistance (viscous, turbulent),
boundary layers, and separation with applications to drag and lift on objects, and
Enables students learn methods for computing head losses and flows in simple pipes and
channels.
Enable students understand the concept of potential flow theory
13 Module Content
Academic content of the module Allotted time (hours)
Lecture Tutorial Laboratory Self-Study
Introduction and Basic Concepts 2 3
Properties of Fluids 2 6
Pressure and Fluid Statics 4 3
Fluid Kinematics 3 6
Bernoulli Equation and Control Volume 6 3 3
Analysis
Flow in Pipes 3 3
Dimensional Analysis and Similitude 3 3
Two dimensional potential flow theory 3 3
Compressible flow 3 3
14 Learning activity and teaching methods Lecture, tutorial, laboratory
15 Tools and resources Books, power points and videos.
16 Role of Instructor and Students
Instructor Gives lecture, guides and moderates the students.
He/she will help the students to clearly visualize problems and show methods to tackle them.
Students Students will participate in lecture, but the students are expected to participate actively in
the class during tutorial and lab hours by asking and solving problems.
Assessment criteria and grading system Assessment type Weight
Assignments 15
Quizzes 15
Intermediate exams 30
17 Laboratory report 10
Final Examination 30
Grading system
As per the working senate legislation of AAU
18 Modular requirement Minimum of 75% overall class attendance
100% attendance during laboratory & practical activities
19 Mapping of the
course/module
to the Program N Course Learning Outcome (CLO) Program Outcomes (POs)
Learning o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Outcomes 1 Understanding
3
concepts, principles, laws,
observations and models of fluids
at rest and in
motion
2 Understanding fluid behavior for
engineering design and control of 2
fluid systems
3 Develop competence with mass,
energy and momentum balances
for determining resultant 3
interactions of flows and
engineered and natural systems
4 Developing bases for correlating
experimental data, designing
1 1
procedures and using scale
models of fluid flows
5 Learning nature of rotation,
circulation, resistance (viscous,
turbulent), boundary layers and 1
separation with applications to
drag and lift on objects
6 Learning methods for computing
head losses and flows in simple 3 3
20 Reading Materials
Text Book Cengel and Cimbala, Fluid Mechanics. Fundamentals and Applications, Second Ed.,
McGraw-Hill, New York, 2010
References Fox, R.W.; McDonald, A.T. (2011), Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 8th edition,
Wiley.
Munson, B.R.; Young, D.F.; Okiishi, T.H. (1998) Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics,
3rd edition update, Wiley. (Note: current version is 6th (2009))
Roberson, J.A.; Crowe, C.T. (1993) Engineering fluid mechanics, 5th edition,
Houghton Mifflin. Note: current version is 7th (2001).
Streeter, V.L; Wylie, E.B.; Bedford, K.W. (1998) Fluid Mechanics, 9th edition,
McGraw-Hill.
Vennard, J.K.; Street, R.L. (1982) Elementary Fluid Mechanics, 6th edition, Wiley.
(Note: current version is 7th (1996))
Pijush K Kundu and Ira M Cohen, Fluid Mechanics, Elsevier Academic Press, 2004.
Frank M White, Fluid Mechanics, McGraw-Hill, 1999
