UNSW Handbook Course - Introduction to Water Engineering

Introduction to Water Engineering - CVEN2525


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: CVEN1023, CVEN1024.
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Review of fluid properties, hydrostatics and manometry; extension of pressure, continuity, energy and momentum concepts introduced in CVEN1023 Dynamics (Bernoulli s equation, momentum flux and force balances); introduction to Navier Stokes Equations; turbulent and laminar flow; velocity profiles; energy losses and gains; pipe systems; boundary layers, skin friction and form drag; pump behaviour and selection; physical models.

Assumed knowledge: CVEN2023.

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