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HS1007 Fluid Mechanics 7.5 credits

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Termin

Information for Spring 2025 Start 14 Jan 2025 programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
14 Jan 2025 - 16 Mar 2025
Periods
P3 (7.5 hp)
Pace of study

50%

Application code

60604

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

Swedish

Course memo
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Number of places

Places are not limited

Target group
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Planned modular schedule
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Contact

Examiner
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Teachers
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Contact

Sasan Sadrizadeh (ssad@kth.se)

Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus HS1007 (Spring 2025–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus HS1007 (Spring 2025–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

  • Static pressure and forces
  • Continuity considerations for circulating service pipes
  • Forces caused by flow
  • Continuity equation and energy equation with balance considerations
  • Pipe flow, channel flow, and fluid machinery
  • Pumps and fans with applications
  • Flow measurement
  • Elements from hydrology
  • Groundwater flow
  • Considering  sustainability aspects when dimensioning pipe, pump and fan networks

Intended learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the student shall be able to:

  • Describe principles of energy and power consumption dimensioning and flow measurement
  • Calculate static pressure and forces on plane and curved surfaces
  • Design pipe networks and open channels
  • Estimate pump and fan requirements and apply design principles for these

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Completed courses:

AF1763

AF1734

Course registration at:

AF1737

AF1744

AF1745

Equipment

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Literature

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Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • PROA - Project, 2.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • TENA - Written exam, 5.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

The course is examined through a project (PROA) and a written exam (TENA).

Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination

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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination

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Examiner

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Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

ABE/Constructional Engineering and Design

Main field of study

Built Environment, Technology

Education cycle

First cycle

Add-on studies

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Contact

Sasan Sadrizadeh (ssad@kth.se)