Area: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Other: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
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.2) ChE 122 Process Principles or any previous version
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| Properties of fluids. Pressure of a fluid. Streams of fluid. Fluid dynamics. Energy of a fluid stream. Laminar and turbulent motion. Equations of fluid motion and solution of equations of motion. Dynamic similarity of flows and dimensional analysis. Motion of bodies through fluids. Motion of fluids through pipes. Velocity profiles in pipes. Flow through a change in section. Flow of gases through nozzles. Two-phase flow. Flow through porous media. Filtration. Fluidisation. Pumps and compressors, positive displacement machines, centrifugal machines, axial-flow. Machines and ejectors. Machine and system characteristics. Measurement of flows - impact, venturi and orifice meters. Flow through pipes and fittings. Design of pipe systems and pressures in pipelines. Sedimentation theory. |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2003 | Miri Sarawak Campus | Semester 2 | 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. |
