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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAAE)

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Faculty of Engineering

MAAE 2300 [0.5 credit]

Fluid Mechanics I

Fluid properties. Units. Kinematics, dynamics of fluid motion: concepts of streamline, control volume, steady and one-dimensional flows; continuity, Euler, Bernouilli, steady flow energy, momentum, moment of momentum equations; applications. Fluid statics; pressure distribution in fluid at rest; hydrostatic forces on plane and curved surfaces; buoyancy.
Prerequisites: MATH 1005, MATH 1104 and ECOR 1101.
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory and problem analysis three hours a week.

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