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Typical Courses Taught
- Fluid Mechanics (undergraduate level)
- Coastal Engineering (graduate and undergraduate level)
- Advanced Fluid Mechanics (graduate level)
- Dynamics (undergraduate level)
- Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (undergraduate level)
- Independent Research Courses (graduate and undergraduate level)
Introductory Fluid Mechanics Video Lectures (Click to View)
Module 1: Introduction Lecture: Fluid Definition, Dimensions and Units, Pascal’s Law
Module 2: Fluid Properties Lecture: Density, Specific Weight, Specific Gravity, Compressibility
Module 3: Fluid Properties Lecture (Continued): Viscosity and Shear Stress
Module 4: Fluid Properties Lecture (Continued): Surface Tension, Adhesion, Capillary Action
Module 5: Vapor Pressure, Boiling & Fluid Statics: Hydrostatic Pressure Distribution, Pressure Head
Module 6: Fluid Statics: Hydrostatic Pressure; Piezometric Pressure; Absolute and Gage Pressure
Module 7: Fluid Statics: Manometry and Manometer Equation
Module 8: Fluid Statics: Pressure Forces on Horizontal and Inclined Plane Surfaces
Module 9: Fluid Statics: Pressure Forces on Curved Surfaces
Module 10: Fluid Statics: Buoyancy, Floatation, Center of Buoyancy, and Stability
Module 11: Fluid Kinematics: Streamline, Streakline, Pathline, Eulerian and Lagrangian Approaches
Module 12: Kinematics of Fluid Motion: Velocity Field
Module 13: Fluid Dynamics: Acceleration Field, Control Volume, Mass and Volume Flow Rates
Module 14: Fluid Dynamics: Conservation of Mass (Continuity)
Module 15: Conservation of Mass (Completed), Euler Equation, and Bernoulli Equation
Module 16: Bernoulli Equation, Static Pressure, Dynamic Pressure, Stagnation Pressure, and Free Jet
Module 17: Applications of Bernoulli Equation, Examples on Confined Flows and Flow Rate Measurement
Module 18: Work – Energy Equation, Mechanical Devices, Power, Efficiency, Kinetic Energy Correction
Module 19: Hydraulic and Energy Grade Lines
Module 20: Impulse – Momentum Principle, Momentum Correction Factor, and Control Volume Selection
Module 21: Pipe Flows : Turbulent and Laminar Flows, and Reynolds Number
Module 22: Boundary Layer, Flow Establishment, Shear Stress and Head Loss in Pipes, Hydraulic Radius
Module 23: Laminar Pipe Flows, Friction Factor, Hagen – Poiseuille & Darcy – Weisbach Relationships
Module 24: Turbulent Flow in Pipes, Moody Diagram / Chart, Colebrook Equation, Non-circular Pipe
Module 25: Pipe Flows: Local / Minor Head Losses in Pipelines, Pipe Components and Loss Coefficient