Notes For the First Year Lecture Course:
An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.
Homework:
Example sheets: These will be given for each section of the course. Doing these will greatly improve your exam mark. They are course work but do not have credits toward the module.
Lecture notes: Theses should be studied but explain only the basic outline of the necessary concepts and ideas.
Books: It is very important do some extra reading in this subject. To do the examples you will definitely need a textbook. Any one of those identified below is adequate and will also be useful for the fluids (and other) modules in higher years - and in work.
CIVE1400 FLUID MECHANICS
Dr Andrew Sleigh
January 2006
0. Contents of the Course
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Objectives:
Example classes:
There will be example classes each week. You may bring any problems/questions you have about the course and example sheets to these classes.
The course will introduce fluid mechanics and establish its relevance in civil engineering. Develop the fundamental principles underlying the subject.
Demonstrate how these are used for the design of simple hydraulic components.
Fluids Lecture and Test Schedule
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Consists of:
Week
Lectures:
20 Classes presenting the concepts, theory and application.
Worked examples will also be given to demonstrate how the theory is applied. You will be asked to do some calculations - so bring a calculator.
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Assessment:
1 Exam of 2 hours, worth 80% of the module credits.
This consists of 6 questions of which you choose 4.
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2 Multiple choice question (MCQ) papers, worth 10% of the module credits.
These will be