12925 (v.2) Fluid Mechanics 433
| Area: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): | 302858 (v.1) Fluid Mechanics 331 or any previous version
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| Syllabus: | Single particle mechanics. Free settling, shape factors, solids classification and thickeners. Particle systems. Flow through packed beds, fluidization, filtration and centrifugal separation. Size reduction (comminution), non-Newtonian fluid rheology, viscometry, turbulent boundary layers, flow of homogenous suspensions, suspension of large particles in turbulent flow, flow of heterogeneous suspension, wear in slurry pipeline systems and effect of solids on pump performance. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of the unit, students will have engineering knowledge to fluid folows that contain particulates or are suspensions of solid matter. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | No prescribed texts |
| Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Laboratory Reports 15%, Assignments 10%, Mid Semester Test 25%, Final Examination 50% |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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