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IME 3840 - Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Catalog Description:
Fluid properties, fluid statics, fluid dynamics, friction loss and fluid power system. Laboratory practices in hydraulic system behavior and fluid power applications.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: IME 2810 and PHYS 1130/1140.
Credits: 3 hours
Lecture Hours - Laboratory Hours: (2 - 3)
Course Objectives, Performance Criteria, and Outcomes:
Course Objectives |
ABET-TAC Outcomes2 |
Performance Criteria Measured1 |
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| Understand fluid properties and their effect in performance of fluid power applications. | b, c |
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| Understand fundamental concepts of fluid statics, fluid dynamics and energy balance. | a* | A4: Understands the use of scientific principles in engineering systems. |
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| Understand features and function of basic fluid power system components. | c* | C1: Gathers and uses data to assess process and product quality |
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| Acquire analytical skills necessary for solving fluid power system design and analysis problems. | b |
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Performance Criteria1: IME performance criteria may be found at http://www.wmich.edu/ime/performance-criteria.html
ABET-TAC Outcomes2: Outcomes may be found at http://www.abet.org/
*results tracked in ABET course notebooks
Textbooks:
Mott, R. L., Applied Fluid Mechanics, 6th edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2006.
References
Esposito, A., Fluid Power with Applications, 7th edition, Prentice Hall, 2009.
Course Coordinator:
Alamgir Choudhury
Western Michigan University
F-222 Parkview Campus
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5336
Phone: 276-3357
Email: alamgir.choudhury@wmich.edu
Revision Date: Summer 2011