SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

CE 370- Fluid mechanics

Summer 2009

Instructor:         Prakash Kaini

Office:             ENGRB 44

Email:               pkaini@siu.edu

Office hours:     MWR 1030- 1130  

Lecture:            MW 1320- 1530 ENGR A 208

Lab:                 R 1320- 1530

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this course is for students to develop an understanding of the fundamental aspects of fluid properties and fluid flow. We will accomplish our goal by investigating the following important topics:

ü      Fluid Terminology and Properties

ü      Fluid Static- Pressure, Hydrostatic Forces, and Buoyancy

ü      Reynolds Transport Theorem/ Control Volume Approach

ü      Conservation of mass, Energy and Momentum

ü      Closed Conduit flow and Surface Resistance

ü      Dimensional Analysis and Similitude

ü      Lift and Drag

ü      Flow Measurement

ü      Open Channel Flow

RESOURCES

Required Text: Crowe, C. T., Elger, D.F, Williams, B., and Roberson J.A. (2009). Engineering Fluid Mechanics. 9^th Edition, 2009, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Lab Manual:  CE 370 Engineering Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Manual; Available online in Portable Document Format at http://civil.engr.siu.edu/370/laborato.htm

Course Website: http://civil.engr.siu.edu/370        

In addition, our university has many resources that can be of value in studying fluid mechanics. Among these are the library, internet, and other members of the University community.

GRADING CTRITERIA

            Homework                               20%

            Lab                                          20%

            Exams

                        2 in-term exams            30%

                        Final exam                    30%

Homework

The due date for homework will be specified when the assignment is given. Late homework will not be accepted. Homework submitted for a grade must be neat and completed on 8.5” by 11” paper; engineering quadrille paper is preferred. At the top of the first page, list your name, the course number, assignment number, and the date submitted. Homework grades will at times be based upon your demonstration of problem solving skills, and in other cases simply whether you have diligently attempted each problem. Solutions will be posted on the course website shortly after the due date. Additionally, throughout the semester you can expect several unannounced, closed-book quizzes on assigned reading or material covered in class. Quizzes will be factored into homework grades and will comprise less than 5% of the total course grade.

 Exams

 There will be three exams, and each exam will be cumulative in the sense that it may require information covered earlier in the course. There will be no make-up exams.

 Laboratory

 A brief session for the laboratory portion of the course including quiz will be held in ENGRB 42 prior to every lab work. Please print the copy of the lab manual from the website and bring it with you; additional information concerning the laboratory will be distributed during the lab sessions.

ASSIGNMENT OF GRADES

The following grading scale will be strictly adhered to throughout the semester:

 Grade                                       Score

A                                             >90%

B                                              80%- 89%

C                                             70%- 79%

D                                             60%- 69%

E                                              < 60%

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

 Academic integrity involves a student’s obligation to act with honesty and to respect the right of other in carrying out all academic assignments, including regularly assigned homework and laboratory reports. Students are expected to exhibit this quality at all times. The University policy concerning academic dishonesty will be strictly adhered to in both laboratory and lecture components of CE 370. Violations of this policy includes:

• Plagiarism or representing the work of another as one’s own work
• Preparing work for another that is to be used as that of person’s own work
• Cheating by any method of means
• Knowing falsifying or manufacturing scientific and educational data and representing the same to be the result of scientific or scholarly research
• Knowingly furnishing false information to a university official relative to academic matters
• Soliciting, aiding, abetting, concealing, or attempting conduct in violation of this policy

Any violation of the policy will result in immediate failure of this course, conduct board penalties or both. If you have any questions about whether a particular behavior is in violation of the University’s policy, you should ask before proceeding.

CE 370 Fluid Mechanics – Course Schedule