Environmental Fluid Mechanics (CIVL2131)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2025
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology
School
Civil Engineering School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
Lecture 3 Hours/ Week
Tutorial 1 Hour/ Week
Practical 3 Hours/ Ad Hoc
General contact hours 1 Hour/ Week
There are four 3-hour practicals in the semester
Incompatible
CIVL3130 or CHEE2003
Prerequisite
(ENGG1400 or ENGG1700) and (MATH1051 or MATH1071) and (MATH1052 or MATH1072)
Assessment methods
Exams, online quizzes, reports for lab experiments
Course enquiries
Professor Tom Baldock (Semester 1, St Lucia, In person)
Current course offerings
| Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
| Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
This is an introductory level course dealing with the properties and behaviour of fluids in usual civil and environmental engineering applications. The fundamental principles of continuity, energy and momentum are introduced and applied to applications that include fluid statics, fluid dynamics, pipe flows, similarity laws, fluid loading and unsteady flows. The course provides essential knowledge for the study of natural flow phenomena in rivers, estuaries oceans and the atmosphere. It provides the fundamental theory for design of hydraulic structures such as culverts, spillways, energy dissipators and pipe networks.
