Area: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
Contact Hours: | 8.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 4 Hours Once-only |
Anti Requisite(s): | 302196 (v.2) ChE 512 Fluid Mechanics or any previous version
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Prerequisite(s): | 302242 (v.2) ChE 123 Engineering Mechanics or any previous version
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Co Requisite(s): | 302237 (v.2) ChE 121 Chemical Engineering and Society or any previous version
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302240 (v.3) ChE 227 Process Principles or any previous version
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| Properties of fluids. Hydrostatics. Flow fields - steady/unsteady flow, steamlines, velocity profile. Newton's law of viscosity and non-Newtonian constitutive laws. Reynolds number. Control-volume analysis - mass conservation and momentum equation. Applications of CV analysis. Bernoulli equation. Measurement of pressure and flow speed (Pitot/Pitot-static tubes, venturi meter, orifice plate) and volumetric flow rate. One-dimensional energy equation. Internal viscous flow, laminar flow in pipes/channels, friction and pressure head loss. Laminar-to-turbulent transition, turbulent flow in pipes and the Moody chart. Hydraulic grade lines and pipe/reservoir systems. Boundary layers and effects. Types of drag. Dimensional analysis. Dimensional analysis, dynamicsimilarity and left and drag coefficients. Pump types. Characterisation of pumps through non-dimensional groups. |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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