University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

MCEN-3021 (3) Fluid Mechanics

Examines fundamentals of fluid flow with application to engineering problems. Topics covered include fluid statics and kinematics, Bernoulli equations, laminar and turbulent viscous boundary layers, laminar and turbulent pipe flow, and conservation equations for mass, momentum, and energy. Prerequisites: Requires prereq course of MCEN 2023 or CVEN 2121 or GEEN 2851 (min grade C-). Requires prereq or coreq course APPM 2360. Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Soph/Jrs/Srs) MECH or EVEN or GEEN-BS students, with a sub-plan of MEC.