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Introduction to Water Engineering - CVEN2525
Students studying

 
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)
 
 
Indicative 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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