Mar 28, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 [Archived Catalog]

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CHE 3400 - Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics


Fundamental principles of fluid flow. Transportation and metering of fluids. Navier-Stokes equations and equation of continuity. Laminar and turbulent flow and fluids in conduits and past immersed bodies. One lab project is included.

Requisites: ET 3200 and MATH 3400 and C or better in CHE 2010
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 2.0 recitation
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to calculate static pressure for common engineering situations.
  • Students will be able to find drag coefficients for flow-over-immersed body problems.
  • Students will be able to complete pipe-flow calculations that require use of the friction factor.
  • Students will be able to derive the stream function and potential function for a given velocity vector.
  • Students will be able to simplify the Navier-Stokes equations and calculate the velocity and flow rate for laminar flow problems.
  • Students will be able to use Newton’s law of viscosity to calculate shear stress and relate shear stress with momentum flux.
  • Students will be able to apply the Bernoulli equation to solve various flow problems without friction loss.
  • Students will be able to apply the Pi Theorem to reduce the number of parameters in a problem.
  • Students will be able to apply the extended Bernoulli equation to solve various flow problems with friction loss.
  • Students will be able to use pump charts and to identify a suitable pump for a pumping operation.



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