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Fluids & Environment

Module code: CEU33A11 · Semester: Semester 2

Resources​

Questions by Year​

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Topics

  • Velocity and discharge measurement: notches, weirs, flumes LO1
  • Momentum equation and energy (Bernoulli) in pipes LO2
  • Pipe friction and local head losses LO2
  • Open channel flow and depth variation behind control structures LO3
  • Pipe network analysis; pumps and pump-pipe systems LO4
  • Design of water distribution systems LO5
  • Urban drainage: combined vs separate systems, wastewater and storm loads LO6
  • Combined sewer overflows LO7
Learning outcomes
  1. Estimate flows from notches, weirs and flumes
  2. Derive head-discharge relationships for pipes, including friction and local losses
  3. Predict depth variation in open channels
  4. Analyse flows and heads in pipe networks, including pumps
  5. Design water distribution networks and explain the design to a lay audience
  6. Estimate gravity sewer flows and wastewater and storm loads, including climate change
  7. Size a combined sewer overflow and assess its efficiency

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.