CHE 211Fluid Mechanics

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Engineering
Subject: Chemical Engineering

When it runs

Ran in 5 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Fundamentals of fluid flow. Conservation laws for mass, momentum and mechanical energy. Flow of fluids in conduits. Flow past immersed bodies. Flow through beds of solids, fluidization. Transportation and metering of fluids. Dimensional analysis.

Prerequisites

Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 2A
- Enrolled in H-Chemical Engineering

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

ME 571

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
Section	Class	Enrolled	Meets
LEC 001	4524	80 / 80	T 08:30–10:20 Th 08:30–09:20
TUT 101	4628	80 / 80	Th 09:30–10:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

73% liked it39% easy89% useful

From 26 ratings and 4 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

Midterm was rough, but overall if you practice it's a doable course.

Apr 2024 · liked itOn UW Flow Remove this
This course isn't too bad with Dr. Pal. Going to class is really important though, as he writes everything on the board. Midterm and final were very reasonable

Sep 2023 · liked itOn UW Flow Remove this
This is one of those courses that makes you feel a lot of pain but then you low key enjoy how much pain it makes you feel. The concepts are very hard but Mario is super passionate about them in the lectures. His office hours are a little scary though since sometimes he's just baffled by how dumb the students are and goes on rants but also sometimes he gives great insight. This course helped me a lot with developing reasoning in fields with nothing to do with fluid mechanics like mapping systems and problem solving approaches.

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This course's difficulty is in the many concepts and cases that you have to know in order to be able to solve problems. However, studying these cases and making sure you know what to solve for (and maybe some much-needed cheat sheets) will make these concepts manageable.

Aug 2022 · didn’t like itOn UW Flow Remove this

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Fall 2017

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Spring 2016

Jun 30, 2016 anyone in CHE 211 (fluid mech) right now? is the course hard? how are the TA(s)/prof? 0 points, 1 comment

u/che211waterloo: “looking to take this class in the fall. just wanted to know how the TAs and profs are in terms of teaching ability/how hard they mark. thanks!”