CEE 310 Fluid Mechanics

                                                                     Fall 2025 Course Outline


Week
Date
                                                      Topic

Text
(Cengel)

   
       Lab 
 301, 302, 304
 Tue Wed   Fri
     1  Sept 4
 Introduction/Fluid Property-viscosity,  surface tension 1.1-1.3, 1-6-1.8, 1.10
2.1-2.7 		Lab 0
     2
Sept 9
 Fluid Statics I - what is pressure?  3.1-3.2
 Lab 1

Sept 11
 Fluid Statics II  - pressure variation and measurements  3.1-3.2
 Lab 1
     3
Sept 16
 Fluid Statics III -    forces on plane surfaces
                                  Part (1): pressure prism method
3.3-3.4
 Lab 1

Sept 18
 Fluid Statics III -  forces on plane surfaces:
                                  Part (2): formula method 
3.3.-3.4
 Lab 1
 4
 Sept 23
Fluid Statics III -   Part (3): integral  method 3.3-3.4
 Lab 2

Sept 25
 Fluid Statics III -   Part (4): forces on a curved surface; buoyancy 3.5-3.6
 Lab 2
     5 Sept 30 Fluid Kinematics I - velocity;  flow types and patterns 4.2
 Lab2

Oct 2
 Fluid Kinematics II - acceleration and material derivatives;
Pressure and  Energy Variations; Bernoulli Equation		 1.4 and 4.1
 Lab 2
      6
Oct 7
 Pressure and  Energy Variations; Bernoulli Equation 5.4
 Review
 
Oct 9
Normal Flow Equation (Normal to Streamline Equation) 5.1
 Review
7
Oct 13
 First  Exam, 6:00 ~ 9:00 pm   
 
     
  		 
 
Oct 14
 Fluid Property Transport and Conservation -  RTT
1.5, 4.6 and 5.1
 Discussion
 
Oct 16
Mass Conservation - continuity equation,
                                    non-deforming  control volume
5.2
 Discussion
   
     8		      
          Oct 21
Mass Conservation - moving and deforming control volume
Energy Conservation  -1st law of thermodynamics & energy equations 
5.2
5.3~5.4
Lab3

Oct 23
 Energy Conservation  - applications in 3 cases:  5.3, 5.5, 5.6 Lab 3
     9
Oct 28
 Momentum Conservation I - linear momentum equation 5.6
6.1-6.3 		Lab3 
    
Oct 30
 Momentum Conservation II - applications
6.4 		Lab3 
    10
Nov 4
 Angular Momentum Conservation and Applications
 6.4
6.5-6.6
 Review
  Nov 6
 Differential Approach of Fluid Flows 6.5-6.6
 Review
    11
Nov 10
 Second Exam: 6:00 ~9:00 pm
  
 
Nov 11
 Dimensional Analysis (Buckingham Pi method) 
4.4-4.5 & 9-1 to 9.5 Discussion

          Nov 13
 Dimensional Analysis & Similitude  7.1~7.5 Discussion
    12
Nov 18
 Flow in Conduits I-  pipe flow characteristics, laminar and turbulent pipe flow, and laminar flow in the pipe 8.1-8.3  
Lab 4

Nov 19
 Flow in Conduits II - turbulent flow in the pipe, frictional loss/Moody diagram and fitting losses 8.5-8.6
 Lab 4
    13
Nov 25
 Flow in Conduits III-pipe flow system and examples 8.7-8.8
 Lab 4

Nov 27
 Thanksgiving

     14
Dec 2
 Drag and Lift I & II - external flow characteristics, and drag 11.1-11.4 Lab4/Review
 
Dec 4
Drag and Lift II  external flow and drag 11.5~11.6 Lab4Review
    15         Dec 9
 Drag and Lift III  external flow and lift 11.7
  
Dec 13
 Third Exam: 2:25 pm ~4:25 pm 
 

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