Static Head The static head of a fluid is the pressure at a given point in a fluid that is exerted by a vertical column of the fluid above that point. Since liquids are more or less incompressible, ...

Fluid statics: buoyancy, hydraulic jack, force on a submerged plate, manometry Fluid Dynamics: force of a fluid jet, drag on a cylinder in a wind tunnel Pipe Flow: frictional losses in pipes, pressure ...

Homework 1: Fluid statics and open channel flow problems. Readings: van Rijn, Chapters 4, 5 (p. 28-38 only) & Dingman, Chapter 7. Homework 2: Application of the energy equation to flow in rivers.