Online Courses Handbook 2003

11555 (v.2) WASM Thermofluids 251

Area:	WASM Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Teaching Area
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	303136 (v.1) WASM Engineering Physics 132 or any previous version AND 305690 (v.1) WASM Engineering Physics 134 or any previous version
Fluid mechanics-fluid properties, fluid statics, laminar and turbulent fluid flow. Continuity, energy momentum equations. Flow measurement. Pumps. Energy loss in pipelines and open channels. Thermodynamics-ideal gas laws. Systems- states, processes and properties. First and second laws of thermodynamics. Heat engine cycles. Gas and liquid mixtures, vapours. Basics of heat transfer.