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Approaches to fluids: classification, dimensional analysis and similarity, integral and differential flow analysis; fluid properties; hydrostatics: pressure distribution in fluids, manometry, forces on plane and curved surfaces; conservation of mass; conservation of energy: Bernoulli equation, energy losses and gains, laminar and turbulent pipe friction losses, local losses, pipes in series and parallel, pipe networks, pumps, cavitation; conservation of momentum: Newton’s Second Law, dynamic forces, fluid transients, Joukowsky equation.

Approaches to fluids: classification, dimensional analysis and similarity, integral and differential flow analysis; fluid properties; hydrostatics: pressure distribution in fluids, manometry, forces on plane and curved surfaces; conservation of mass; conservation of energy: Bernoulli equation, energy losses and gains, laminar and turbulent pipe friction losses, local losses, pipes in series and parallel, pipe networks, pumps, cavitation; conservation of momentum: Newton’s Second Law, dynamic forces, fluid transients, Joukowsky equation.

Approaches to fluids: classification, dimensional analysis and similarity, integral and differential flow analysis; fluid properties; hydrostatics: pressure distribution in fluids, manometry, forces on plane and curved surfaces; conservation of mass; conservation of energy: Bernoulli equation, energy losses and gains, laminar and turbulent pipe friction losses, local losses, pipes in series and parallel, pipe networks, pumps, cavitation; conservation of momentum: Newton’s Second Law, dynamic forces, fluid transients, Joukowsky equation.

Fluid properties and definitions, hydrostatics and stability of floating bodies. Fluid flow, energy, continuity and momentum relationships. Dimensional analysis and similarity. Pipe flow: Fluid resistance, friction factor, steady-state pipe flow, simple pipe systems and pipe network analysis, water hammer.

Fluid properties and definitions, hydrostatics and stability of floating bodies. Fluid flow, energy, continuity and momentum relationships. Dimensional analysis and similarity. Pipe flow: Fluid resistance, friction factor, steady-state pipe flow, simple pipe systems and pipe network analysis, water hammer.