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CH E 312 - Fluid Mechanics


Course Career Undergraduate
Units 3.5
Approved Hours 3-1S-0
Fee index 8
Faculty Engineering
Department Chemical&Materials Engineering
Typically Offered either term or Spring/Summer

Description
Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid behavior; hydrostatics; buoyancy, application of Bernoulli and momentum equations; frictional losses through pipes, ducts, and fittings; pipe networks; pumps; drag on submerged bodies and flow through porous media. Prerequisites: CH E 243 EN PH 131 and MATH 209. Corequisite: MATH 201.