Oct 24, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

CAEE 362 - Engineering Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics


When Offered: F, S, SS

3 Credit(s)
3 Lecture Hour(s)
0 Lab Hour(s)

This course covers fundamental fluids mechanics concepts and applications. Topics include Properties of Fluids; Fluid Statics - hydrostatic pressure, forces on submerged surfaces, Pascal’s Law; Archimedes’ Principle, buoyancy and stability; Fluid Dynamics - mass, energy, and momentum equations; flow and velocity measurement; pipe flow; pump characteristics, laminar and turbulent flow; open channel flow; sub and super-critical flow; and specific energy.

Prerequisite: CAEE 231. Corequisite: CAEE 363.

Prerequisite(s): CAEE 231 
Corequisite(s): CAEE 363