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2020-2021 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

CEN 415 - Introduction to Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Credits 3
Lecture/ 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: CEN 303 & CEN 325
Introduction to fluid mechanics concepts in the natural environment, focused on mass, momentum and energy conservation principles and their application to a variety of environmental scenarios. Topics include conservation laws, scaling, shallow water flow, stratified flow, and flow through porous media.  The course should be of interest to any engineering student with an interest in environmental applications and is a List B Elective for students in the Environmental Resources Engineering Concentration.
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