Water Resources Engineering

  1. Fundamental Principles of Fluid Mechanics
    1. Fluid Properties
      1. Density and Specific Weight
        1. Definitions and Units
          1. Temperature and Pressure Effects
            1. Applications in Water Engineering
            2. Viscosity
              1. Dynamic Viscosity
                1. Kinematic Viscosity
                  1. Temperature Effects
                    1. Non-Newtonian Fluids
                    2. Surface Tension and Capillarity
                      1. Molecular Basis
                        1. Capillary Rise and Depression
                          1. Contact Angle Effects
                          2. Compressibility and Bulk Modulus
                            1. Elastic Properties of Water
                              1. Water Hammer Applications
                            2. Fluid Statics
                              1. Pressure Concepts
                                1. Absolute Pressure
                                  1. Gauge Pressure
                                    1. Atmospheric Pressure
                                      1. Pressure Variation with Depth
                                      2. Pressure Measurement
                                        1. Manometers
                                          1. Bourdon Gauges
                                            1. Electronic Pressure Transducers
                                            2. Hydrostatic Forces on Surfaces
                                              1. Forces on Plane Surfaces
                                                1. Forces on Curved Surfaces
                                                  1. Center of Pressure
                                                    1. Pressure Prisms
                                                    2. Buoyancy and Stability
                                                      1. Archimedes' Principle
                                                        1. Stability of Floating Bodies
                                                          1. Stability of Submerged Bodies
                                                            1. Metacentric Height
                                                          2. Fluid Kinematics
                                                            1. Flow Visualization
                                                              1. Streamlines
                                                                1. Pathlines
                                                                  1. Streaklines
                                                                  2. Flow Classification
                                                                    1. Steady vs Unsteady Flow
                                                                      1. Uniform vs Non-uniform Flow
                                                                        1. Laminar vs Turbulent Flow
                                                                        2. Velocity and Acceleration Fields
                                                                          1. Eulerian and Lagrangian Descriptions
                                                                            1. Local and Convective Acceleration
                                                                          2. Fluid Dynamics
                                                                            1. Conservation of Mass
                                                                              1. Continuity Equation
                                                                                1. Control Volume Approach
                                                                                  1. Application to Pipes and Channels
                                                                                  2. Conservation of Momentum
                                                                                    1. Linear Momentum Equation
                                                                                      1. Angular Momentum Equation
                                                                                        1. Applications in Hydraulic Structures
                                                                                        2. Conservation of Energy
                                                                                          1. Bernoulli Equation
                                                                                            1. Derivation and Assumptions
                                                                                              1. Applications and Limitations
                                                                                              2. Energy Equation
                                                                                                1. Energy Grade Line
                                                                                                  1. Hydraulic Grade Line
                                                                                                  2. Power and Efficiency

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                                                                                              4. Hydraulics of Pressurized Pipe Flow