Department of Civil Engineering

Course Outline of
Fluid Mechanics (CE261)
Semester: Fall 2019

Prerequisite: None

Course Teacher:
Dr. Shakil Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering (CE)
Phone number: +8801740780246, +8809666775577 (Ext- 465)
Office: Room 712
Email: shakil5@ewubd.edu, shakil.ce.buet@gmail.com
Web page: http://www.ewubd.edu/~shakil5/

Class Hours and Venue:

Theory: Monday (M): 8.30-10.00 (Venue: AB1-201)
Wednesday (W): 8.30-10.0 (Venue: AB1-201)
Sessional: Monday (M): 11.50-2.50 (Venue: Fluid Mechanics Lab)

Syllabus (Credits: 3+1.5)

Fluid properties; fluid statics; kinematics of fluid flows; fluid flow concepts and basic equations,
continuity equation, Bernoulli's equation, energy equation, momentum equation and forces in fluid flow;
steady incompressible flow in pressure conduits, laminar and turbulent flow, general equation for fluid
friction; empirical equations for pipe flow; minor losses in pipe flow; pipe flow problems-pipes in series
and parallel, branching pipes, pipe networks.

Text Books:
Theory
 Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics by Munson, Young, Okiishi, Huebsch, Sixth Edition, Publisher:
Wiley, ISBN-978-0470-26284-9
 Engineering Fluid Mechanics, by Crowe, Elger Williams, and Roberson, Ninth Edition, Publisher:
Wiley, ISBN 978-0-470-25977-1
 Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications, Franzini and Finnemore, most recent edition,
Publisher: McGraw Hills, ISBN-13: 978-0072432022
 Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Application by – Franzini
 Fluid Mechanics by – Streeter & Wylie
 Fluid Mechanics by – Frank M.White.

Sessional
 Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Application by – Franzini
 Fluid Mechanics by – Streeter & Wylie
 Laboratory Manual

Evaluation (Tentative):

Class
Theory Performance 10%
Assignment 5%
Class Test 7%
Midterm Exam 1 15%
Midterm Exam 2 15%
Final Exam 15%
Total 67%
Lab Lab Report 7%
Lab Work 7%
Lab Quiz 1 9%
Lab Quiz 2 10%
Total 33%

Grand Total 100%

Office Hour Schedule for Summer 2019:

Time
Day 8:30-10:00 10:10-11:40 11:50-1:20 1:30-3:00 3:10-4:40
Office Hour CE331
Sunday (S)
Room#712 (Room: AB1-301)
CE261
Office Hour CE 261 Lab
Monday (M) (Room: AB1-
Room#712 (Room: Fluid Mechanics Lab)
201)
Office Hour CE331
Tuesday (T)
Room#712 (Room: AB1-301)
CE261
Wednesday Office Hour
(Room: AB1-
(W) Room#712
201)
CE200 Office Hour CE 331 Lab
Thursday (R)
(Room: AB2-404) Room#712 (Room: Env. Engg. Lab)