ENGR2000 (v.1) Fluid Mechanics

Area:	Engineering Operations
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
TUITION PATTERNS:	The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture:	2 x 2 Hours Weekly
Science Laboratory:	2 x 2 Hours Quarterly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s):	308807 (v.1) Fluid Mechanics 230 or any previous version
Anti Requisite(s):	302196 (v.3) Fluid Mechanics 512 or any previous version AND ENGR5000 (v.1) Fluid Mechanics or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):	307529 (v.4) Engineering Mechanics 100 or any previous version     OR     MCEN1000 (v.1) Engineering Mechanics or any previous version AND     310207 (v.4) Engineering Programming 100 or any previous version     OR     COMP1004 (v.1) Engineering Programming or any previous version AND     307543 (v.5) Electrical Systems 100 or any previous version     OR     ELEN1000 (v.1) Electrical Systems or any previous version AND     310205 (v.2) Engineering Foundations: Design and Processes 100 or any previous version     OR     314231 (v.1) Engineering Foundations: Design and Processes 100 or any previous version     OR     INDE1001 (v.1) Engineering Foundations - Design and Processes or any previous version AND     307533 (v.3) Engineering Materials 100 or any previous version     OR     MAEN1000 (v.1) Engineering Materials or any previous version AND     307538 (v.3) Engineering Mathematics 140 or any previous version     OR     MATH1003 (v.1) Engineering Mathematics 2 or any previous version     OR     307537 (v.3) Engineering Mathematics 130 or any previous version     OR     MATH1001 (v.1) Engineering Mathematics Specialist 2 or any previous version     OR     7492 (v.5) Mathematics 104     OR     MATH1011 (v.1) Mathematics 2 or any previous version AND     310206 (v.2) Engineering Foundations: Principles and Communication 100 or any previous version     OR     314230 (v.1) Engineering Foundations: Principles and Communication 100 or any previous version     OR     INDE1000 (v.1) Engineering Foundations - Principles and Communication or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS:	The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus:	Introduction (basic properties of fluids), flow fields (steady/unsteady flow, streamlines), velocity profile (Couette flow) and Newton's law of viscosity, Reynolds number. Hydrostatics, control-volume analysis - mass conservation and momentum equation and applications of CV analysis. Bernoulli equation, measurement of pressure, flow speed and volumetric flow rate, and applications of Bernoulli equation (Froude propeller theory). One-dimensional energy equation, laminar flow in pipes and channels, laminar-to-turbulent transition, turbulent flow in pipes, index and logarithmic laws, wall-roughness, Moody chart, hydraulic grade lines, boundary layers (laminar and turbulent), drag, dimensional analysis, dynamic similarity, pump types and characterisation.
Field of Education:	039999 Engineering and Related Technologies not elsewhere classified
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2015	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2015	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 1	Y

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