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Rensselaer Catalog 2024-2025 [Archived Catalog]

CIVL 2050 - Fluid Mechanics for Civil and Environmental Engineering

Hydrostatics; Pressure Measurement; Fluid Properties; Application of Control Volume Analysis to Conservation of Mass, Energy and Momentum Principles; Bernoulli Equation for Ideal Flow; Dimensional Analysis; Pipe Flow and Pipe Networks; Pump Performance; Pipes in Pipelines.  A laboratory component will illustrate the topics studied. 
 

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 1100  and (PHYS 1100  or PHYS 1110  or PHYS 1150  )

When Offered: Fall term annually.

Credit Hours: 4