CVEN 3350 - Hydraulics

      Fall, 2005

2006-2008 Catalog Data:         CVEN 3350: Basic principles of fluid flow.  Friction and drag studies. Calibration and design of flow devices.  Flow characteristics of open and closed conduits.  Presentation of oral and written design reports.  Prerequisite: CVEN 2301, MEEN 2302

Textbook:                                 A Brief Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 3^rd edition by Young, Munson, and Okiishi;  Instant Hydraulics Lab, Student Manual, Techline Instruments

Reference:                                J. A. Khan, Fluid Mechanics, Holt Reinhart Winston, 1957.

Instructor:                                Xing Fang, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Department

Goals:                                       (1) Apply mathematics, science & engineering principles. Apply concepts of statics and dynamics to study the behavior of liquids at rest or in motion including subjects in fluid statics (pressure variation), kinematics, and dynamics (energy and momentum equations)   (ABET Outcomes # a)

                               (2)Design and conduct experiments; and analyze/interpret results.  Five laboratory experiments to demonstrate basic fluid mechanics principles (ABET Outcome #b)

(3) Identify, formulate and solve engineering problems. Ability to calculate pressure distribution for the design of gates and calculate flowrate, flow velocity, energy head losses for the design of pipe systems. (ABET Outcomes # e)

(4) Use techniques, skills and modern engineering tools. Develop QBasic computer programs for gate design problems and use PowerPoint to prepare slides for oral presentations. (ABET Outcomes # k)

Prerequisites by Topics:            Statics and Dynamics

Topics:

1.   Physical Properties of Fluids

2.   Fluid Statics - pressure variation, forces on submerged surfaces, design of immersed structures

3.   Fluid Kinematics - vector analysis, system and control volume, conservation of mass

4.   Flow Dynamics - conservation of energy, design of pipe systems

5.   Fluid Momentum - conservation of momentum, forces on exposed surfaces

6.   Fluid Resistance - boundary layer theory, design drag of immersed bodies

7.   Dimensional Analysis - Pi theorem, similitude, design of hydraulic models

8.   Laminar and Turbulent flow - pipes and plates

Computer usage:

 1.  Demonstration of hydraulic, microcomputer programs for the above topics using a classroom projector

 2.  Computing design project:  Hydrostatic forces on lock gates

 3.  Computer programming exercise - students to code a hydraulics design problem

Laboratory projects:

 1.  Lecture - Laboratory safety practice, experimental design

 2.  Laboratory experiment projects:  static pressure; buoyancy; manometer; continuity; energy

 3.  Written communication exercise – students as groups to present a report on the 5 lab projects

 4.  Oral communication exercise - students as groups will present the results of a lab project to the class

 5.  Oral communication exercise - students as groups will demonstrate their computer design software.

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component:

This course contributes to the engineering science and engineering design component.

ABET category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared this course description:

                        Engineering Science Topics:      3 credits or 100%