COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FLUID MECHANICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 2014 FLUID MECHANICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR BIROL KAYA

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

Teaching the basic concepts of Fluid Mechanics and theoretical relations required in the design of hydraulic structures.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To describe the basic properties of fluids
2   To explain the dimensional analysis, dimensionless parameters and their importance
3   To solve the hydrostatics problems
4   To solve the problems related with the fluids in motion
5   To use the gained knowledge for solving of engineering problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Dimensions and Unit Systems, Physical Properties of Fluids
2 Physical Properties of Fluids
3 Hydrostatics, Pressure-depth Relationship and its applications
4 Pressure forces acting on plane surfaces
5 Pressure forces acting on curved surfaces, Buoyancy
6 Stability of floating objects,
7 Relative equilibrium, Reynolds experiments
8 Flow of real fluid,Turbulence viscosity, Continuity Equation
9 Equation of motion
10 Bernoulli Equation and its applications
11 Impulse-Momentum Equation and its applications
12 I. Mid-term Exam
13 Potential Flow
14 Dimensional Analysis

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Çözümlü Örneklerle Akışkanlar Mekaniği , Güney,M.Ş., Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Yayınları No:204, 1995, 208s.

Supplementary Book(s): Akışkanlar Mekaniği Acatay, T; Akyarlı A, IMO Izmir Şubesi Yayınları No:32, 1999, 372 s.
Akışkanlar Mekaniği ve Hidrolik Yüksel, Y., Beta Yayınları, 2008, 1003 s.
Hidrolik, Sümer, B.M, Ünsal, I., Bayazıt, M., Birsen Yayınevi, 1983, 325s.
Materials: Presentations and laboratory equipment

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, Class Applications, in-term assignment, midterm exams and final exam.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-5 are evaluated with mid-term and final exams. LO1 is highly related with in-term assessment, also.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be considered in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Birol Kaya: birol.kaya@deu.edu.tr
Prof. Dr. Sevinç Özkul: sevinc.ozkul@deu.edu.tr
Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ayşegül Özgenç Aksoy: aysegul.ozgenc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginning of semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 117

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.154
LO.2454
LO.35
LO.45
LO.54

CONTACT INFORMATION
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