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COURSE NAME : FLUID ENGINEERING MECHANICS

COURSE CODE : CIVL213
CREDIT : 3 (2 + 1)
2 x 1 hour of lectures per week
CONTACT HOURS :
1 x 2 hour of laboratory per week
PREREQUISITE : MATH 211,PHYS101
LEARNING
: At the end of this course, students are able to:
OUTCOMES
1. explain the fluid characteristics and basic laws of fluid
thermodynamics
2. compute forces on submerged surfaces and forces exerted by
fluids in motion
3. apply the equations related to moving fluids
4. analyze flow in pipes including losses
5. analyze flow through pumps and turbines
6. perform experiments and interpret experimental data.
SYNOPSIS : This course covers fluid properties, fluid thermodynamics, fluid statics,
moving fluid concepts, force of moving fluid, flow in closed conduits and
analysis of fluid machines.

CONTENTS
LECTURES : 1. Fluid Characteristics (3 hours)
Fluid definitions, characteristics, mass, density, specific weight,
viscosity, surface tension, modulus of elasticity, forces and vapour
pressure.

2. Fluid Thermodynamics (3 hours)

Perfect gas laws, fluid compressibility, energy, work, heat, internal
energy, enthalpy, balance, thermodynamic processes and systems,
first law of closed system, specific heat, first and second laws of
open systems.
 3. Fluid Statics (6 hours)
Hydrostatic pressure, measurement of pressure, hydrostatic forces
on flat and curved surfaces, and buoyancy force.

4. Concepts of Moving Fluids (6 hours)

Types of flows, acceleration, average flow rate and velocity,
continuity equation, energy equation, Euler and Bernoulli equations,
application of continuity and Bernoulli equations, venturi meter,
orifice meter, notches and weirs ,radial flow and vortex flow.

5. Forces of Moving Fluids (3 hours)

Forces in moving fluid, momentum equation, force equation, force
on pressurised conduit, jet forces on moving and stationary objects,
drag force and boundary layer.

6. Flow in Closed Conduits (4 hours)

Reynolds number, distribution of shear stress and velocity, head
losses in flow, Darcy Weisbach equation, use of Moody diagram,
application of continuity and Bernoulli equations, energy and
hydraulic lines, single and branched pipes.

7. Analysis of Fluid Machines (5 hours)

Pumps and turbines, types, principles of operation, performance
characteristics, performance curve, similarity laws, pumps in series
and parallel, selection of pumps and turbines.
TOTAL (30 hours)

PRACTICALS : The practicals of this course cover the following topics:

1. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics laboratory (2 hours)
2. Hydrostatic pressure (2 hours)
3. Flow through orifice (2 hours)
4. Bernoullis Theorem (2 hours)
5. Friction loss in pipe (2 hours)
6. Minor losses in pipe (2 hours)
7. Pump characteristics (2 hours)
8. Pelton turbine (2 hours)
9. Flow over weirs (2 hours)
10. Uniform flow in open channel (2 hours)
11. Hydraulic jump (2 hours)
12. Impact of jet (2 hours)
 13. Flow in pipe network (2 hours)
14. Jet trajectory (2 hours)
15. Calibration of venturi and orifice meters (2 hours)

TOTAL (30 hours)

ASSESSMENTS : Course Works : 70 %
Final Examination : 30 %
REFERENCES :
1. Cengel, Y.A. and Cimala, J.M., Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals and
Applications, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2006.
Douglas, J.F., Gasiorek, J.M. and Swafield J.A., Fluid Mechanics (4th Edition),
2. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2001.
Finnemore, E.J. and Franzini, J.B., Fluid Mechanics with Engineering
3. Application (10th Edition), McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002.
Moran, M.J., and Howard, N.S., Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics
4. (5th Edition), John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2004.
Munson, B.R., Young, D.F. and Okishi, T.H., Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
5. (5th Edition), John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2006.
Sawhney,g.S., Fundamentals of fluid mechanics,IK international publishing
6.
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COURSE NAME : DYNAMICS

COURSE CODE : CIVL216
CREDIT : 2(2+0)
CONTACT HOURS : 2 x 1 hours of lectures per week
PREREQUISITE : CIVL211,MATH212
LEARNING
: At the end of this course, students are able to:
OUTCOMES
1. analyze of dependent motion of two particles.
2. investigate accelerated motion of a particle using the
equation of motion.
3. develop and apply the principle of work and energy that
involve force, velocity, and displacement.
4. analyze rigid-body motion about a fixed axis.
5. study the analysis of undamped forced vibration and viscous
damped forced vibration.
SYNOPSIS : The course covers introduction to dynamics, kinametics of particles,
System of Particles, Kinematics of a Rigid Body, and vibrations

CONTENTS
LECTURES : 1. Introduction to Dynamics (6 hours)
Rectilinear Kinematics: Continuous Motion Rectilinear Kinematics:
Erratic Motion General Curvilinear: Rectangular Components
Motion of a Projectile Curvilinear Motion: Normal and Tangential
Components Curvilinear Motion: Cylindrical Components Absolute
Dependent Motion

2. Kinematics of a Particle (9 hours)

Concepts of position, displacement, velocity, and acceleration,
particle motion along a straight line, particle motion along a curved
path, Analysis of dependent motion of two particles, Principles of
relative motion of two particles using translating axes. State
Newtons Laws of Motion and Gravitational attraction and to be
able to define mass and weight, velocity, and displacement, power
 and efficiency, conservation of energy to solve kinetic problems.

3. Kinematics of a Rigid Body (9 hours)

Types of rigid-body planar motion, kinetic equations of motion for a
symmetric rigid body, force and couple do work, force, velocity, and
displacement, principle of work and energy.

4. Vibrations (6 hours)
Fundamentals of vibration, equations of motion, simple harmonic
motion, natural frequency and applications, undamped forced
vibration and viscous damped forced vibration.
TOTAL (30 hours)

Tests30%, Quizzes 10%, Assignment

ASSESSMENTS : Course Works :
10%, and Project or Presentation 10%
Final Examination : 40 %
REFERENCES :
1. Hibbeler, R.C., Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics (12th Edition), Prentice Hall,
New Jersey, 2009.
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COURSE NAME : SOLID MECHANICS

COURSE CODE : CIVL221
CREDIT : 3 (3+ 0)
CONTACT HOURS : 3 x 1 hour of lectures per week
PREREQUISITE : CIVL211,CIVL212
LEARNING
: At the end of this course, students are able to:
OUTCOMES
1. explain the engineering relationship in controlling the
structural behavior of structural element under loading from
elastic until failure
2. identify and investigate different types of stresses developed
in the structural members and material under load.
3. determine the axial force; shear force and bending moment
in structural members.
4. apply the results from the stress analysis to design structural
members and identify the possibility of the material to fail

SYNOPSIS : The course covers simple stress and strain, torsion, axial force, shear force
and bending moment diagrams, bending stress, shear stress, combined
stress and Mohrs circle.
CONTENTS
LECTURES : 1. Simple Stress and Strain (12 hours)
Normal stress, shear stress, bearing stress and hoop stresses, ductile
and brittle materials, stress-strain diagrams, elastic constants,
Hookes law, poissons ratio, relationship between elastic constants,
biaxial and triaxial deformations, thermal stresses, statically
indeterminate members.

2. Shear Stress (4 hours)

Vertical shear stress distributions, horizontal shearing stress, shear
flow, design for flexure and shear, built-up section and shear center.

3. Axial Force, Shear Force and Bending Moment (9 hours)

 Diagrams
Relationship between load, shear and moment, axial force diagram,
shear force diagram and bending moment diagram.

4. Bending Stress (3 hours)

Beam flexural theory, bending equation, normal bending stress, built
up and composite sections, and unsymmetrical bending.

5. Torsion (3 hours)
Deformation due to torsion, torsion of circular and non-circular
sections, torsion in thin walled sections, flanged section and bolt
coupling.

6. Combined Stresses (4 hours)

Combined axial and flexure load, kern of a section, loads applied off
axes of symmetry, variation of stresses at a point, analytical
derivation.

7. Mohrs Circle (6 hours)

Rules for applying Mohrs circle, Mohrs circle for stress, application
on material.
TOTAL (45 hours)

ASSESSMENTS : Course Works : 60%

Final Examination : 40%
REFERENCES :
1. Beer, F.P., Russell Jonston, E.Jr. and Dewolf, J. T., Mechanics of Materials, (4th
Edition), McGraw-Hill., 2006.
Gere, J.M., Timoshenko, S.P. and Ismail, A., Mechanics of Materials, Nelson
2.
Thornes, Cheltenham, U.K., 2003.
Hibbeler, R.C., Mechanics of Materials (4th Edition), Prentice Hall, New Jersey,
3.
2004.
Megson, T.H.G., Structural and Stress Analysis, Butterworth-Heinemann,
4.
London, 2005.
Morrow, H.W. and Kokernak, R.P., Statics and Strength of Materials (5th
5.
Edition), Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2004
Riley, W.F., Mechanics of Materials (6th Edition), John Wiley & Sons, New
6.
York, 2006.