Section 12 of 21
Fluid Mechanics
Statics of fluids, flow principles, losses, machinery, and measurement
- p176-202page range
- 27pages long
- 12subsections
- 38drill items
What the section holds
Fluid property definitions, the behaviour of a static liquid including manometers and buoyancy, the one-dimensional flow principles built on continuity and energy, flow characterization by Reynolds number, the consequences of flow such as head loss and drag, characteristics of selected flow configurations, the impulse-momentum principle, compressible flow, fluid flow machinery, flow measurement, dimensional analysis and similitude, and aerodynamics.
Why it matters for your exam
Fluid mechanics carries a large question allocation on the Environmental and Other Disciplines specifications and a substantial one on Mechanical, Civil and Chemical. The Moody diagram lives in this section and is reached constantly.
How to navigate it
Two things to be able to reach without searching: the Moody diagram inside the head loss material, and the pump and turbine pages near the end. Civil candidates should note that open channel hydraulics is duplicated in more depth inside the civil section.
Search terms that land here
moody diagram | reynolds number | head loss | manometer | venturi
Subsections, in handbook order
These are the headings the handbook itself uses. The page number beside each is where it begins.
- Definitionsp176
- Characteristics of a Static Liquidp177
- Principles of One-Dimensional Fluid Flowp180
- Fluid flow characterizationp181
- Consequences of Fluid Flowp182
- Characteristics of Selected Flow Configurationsp184
- The Impulse-Momentum Principlep186
- Compressible Flowp188
- Fluid Flow Machineryp190
- Fluid Flow Measurementp194
- Dimensional Homogeneityp196
- Aerodynamicsp197
Disciplines that use this section
Page numbers here are read from handbook version 10.5 (seventh printing, April 2025), which runs to 502 pages. NCEES revises the handbook and page numbers move with it, which is why the drill asks which section a topic lives in rather than which page. Check the version of your own copy, downloaded free from NCEES.