Week 3: Flow in Closed Conduits (Pipes)

• Topics:

  • Classification of flow: steady vs. unsteady; laminar vs. turbulent.

  • Bernoulli’s Equation and its assumptions.

  • Head losses: major (Darcy-Weisbach, Hazen-Williams), minor losses.

  • Pipe networks: equivalent pipe, series/parallel configurations.

• Activities:

  • Hands-on pipe flow calculations.

  • Mini-project: analysis of a simple pipe network.