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MEC 214 Fluid Mechanics

ND2 levelEngineering & Technology15 topics

MEC 214 covers 15 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Fluid classification and properties
  2. Viscosity of fluids
  3. Pressure concept and measurement
  4. Pressure distribution on plane and curved surfaces
  5. Archimedes principle
  6. Floating bodies and buoyancy
  7. Metacentric height
  8. One-dimensional fluid flow
  9. Flow around blunt and streamlined bodies
  10. Velocity profile and boundary layer separation
  11. Flow through orifices and jets
  12. Momentum equation and applications
  13. Fluid friction in pipes and channels
  14. Pump and turbine flow characteristics
  15. Hydrostatics

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Fluid classification and properties

Fluid classification and properties form the foundation of fluid mechanics. Students must master how fluids are grouped (ideal, real, compressible, incompressible, Newtonian, non‑Newtonian) and understand key physical properties (density, viscosity, surface tension, compressibility, specific weight). These concepts determine the governing equations and boundary conditions used in exam problems.

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