CIVL 3180 Fall 2012
Course Title: Civil Engineering Hydraulics (CE)
Mechanics of Fluids (ME)
Date: August 27, 2012
Credit: 3 Semester Hours
Prerequisites: CIVL 2107 (CE), MECH 2332 (CE and ME)
Course Meetings: MWF : 9:05 to 10:10 AM; ES 311
Instructor: Dr. Paul Palazolo; Office EN 108A
email: ppalazol@memphis.edu
Office Hours: “Open Door” or by appointment
Required Text: “Introduction to Fluid Mechanics” – Janna, 3𝑟𝑑 Edition
Turning Technology ResponseCard NXT or equivalent
CourseWeb: www.ce.memphis.edu/3180
CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION
(CE) Basic principles of incompressible fluid mechanics with emphasis on
hydrostatics, conservation of energy and momentum with application to
analysis of pipe networks, pumps, and open channel systems.
(ME) Statics and dynamics of fluids; application to measurement of
properties of water and air flows
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. The student should be able to correctly analyze a fluid engineering system
using the principle of hydrostatic forces & moments,
2. The student should be able to correctly analyze a fluid engineering system
using the principles of conservation of mass,
3. The student should be able to correctly analyze a fluid engineering system
using the principle of conservation of energy,
4. The student should be able to correctly analyze a fluid engineering system
using the principle of dimensional analysis, and
5. The student should be able to correctly analyze a fluid engineering system
consisting of incompressible flow in ducts or pipes
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GRADING POLICY
Grading for the class will be based on three components: Homework, Tests,
Participation, and a Final Exam.
Participation will be evaluated using the ResponseCard NXT system.
Homework will be normally assigned every day.
Homework will be due at the BEGINNING OF NEXT CLASS SESSION.
A working knowledge of algebra, trigonometry, computers, and calculus is
expected.
There will be no make-ups exams.
The grade for the class will be based on the following proportions along with the
Competency biasing.
Homework 20 %
Participation 15 %
Tests 35 %
Final Exam 30 %
TOTAL 100 %
The final grade for the class will be based on the following:
Grade Average
A >=90
A- >=87
B+ >=83
B >=80
B- >=77
C+ >=73
C >=70
C- >=67
D >=60
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ABSENCES
Attendance is suggested for all class sessions. If a student is absent from the
class and he or she misses a submission and wishes to receive on-time
credit for the work, he or she must submit a written reason for the
absence and provide supporting documentation. If a student fails
to have an excused absence from a lab session, the student will receive
no credit for the submission. All requests for excused absences will be
evaluated by the instructor and may or may not be accepted. Without
supporting documentation, the request is automatically denied. The final
judgment will be up to the instructor. If the written submission is
accepted, the work will be accepted late or a make-up assignment will
be given. Human frailty is not an excusable absence.
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