COURSE INFORMATION
Course Title: INTERMEDIATE FLUID MECHANICS
Code Course Type Regular Semester Theory Practice Lab Credits ECTS
CE 464 B 3 3 0 0 3 7.5
Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) NA
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: Dr. Begmyrat Kulmedov bkulmedov@epoka.edu.al , work days
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: NA
Language: English
Compulsory/Elective: Elective
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered) MSc in Civil Engineering, Profile: Construction Materials Engineering
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Code of Ethics: Code of Ethics of EPOKA University
Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline"
Attendance Requirement:
Course Description: -
Course Objectives: The objectives of this course are to integrate information from structural/earthquake engineering to provide a solid basis for the analysis and design of structures to resist the effects of earthquake shaking.
BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE
1 Continuity Equation
2 Momentum Equation
3 Bernoulli's Equation
4 Viscosity and Shear Stress
5 Turbulence
6 Streamlines, Streaklines, and Pathlines
COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topics
1 Introduction
2 Dimensions and Units
3 Flow Patterns: Streamlines, Streaklines, and Pathlines
4 Pressure Distribution in a Fluid
5 Integral Relations for a Control Volume
6 The Reynolds Transport Theorem
7 Conservation of Mass
8 Midterm
9 The Linear Momentum Equation
10 Frictionless Flow: The Bernoulli Equation
11 Dimensional Analysis and Similarity
12 Open-Channel Flow
13 Assignment presentation
14 Assignment presentation
Prerequisite(s): NA
Textbook(s): There are no assigned textbooks for this class. Reading will be assigned in class. The textbooks listed below provide useful reference material for the class: 1) White, Frank M. Fluid mechanics/Frank M. White, University of Rhode Island.—Eighth edition. 2) Fluid Mechanics, 3rd edition. Russell C. Hibbeler
Additional Literature:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others: No
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1 describe the physical properties of a fluid.
2 calculate the pressure distribution for incompressible fluids.
3 calculate the hydrostatic pressure and force on plane and curved surfaces.
4 formulate the problems on buoyancy and solve them.
5 describe the principles of motion for fluids.
6 describe the areas of velocity and acceleration.
7 identify how to derive basic equations and know the related assumptions.
8 apply the equation of the conservation of mass.
9 apply the equation of the conservation of momentum
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)
No Program Competencies Cont.
MSc in Civil Engineering, Profile: Construction Materials Engineering Program
COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
Method Quantity Percentage
Presentation
1
15
Project
1
25
Term Paper
1
60
Total Percent: 100%
ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
Activities Quantity Duration(Hours) Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) 16 3 48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 16 3 48
Mid-terms 1 20 20
Assignments 1 30 30
Final examination 1 30 30
Other 1 11.5 11.5
Total Work Load:
187.5
Total Work Load/25(h):
7.5
ECTS Credit of the Course:
7.5
CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER

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