Area: |
Department of Chemical Engineering |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
8.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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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
AND
302240 (v.3) ChE 227 Process Principles or any previous version
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Syllabus: |
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, dynamic similarity and left and drag coefficients. Pump types. Characterisation of pumps through non-dimensional groups. |
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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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Field of Education: |
30301 Chemical Engineering |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information: |
Essential |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 1 |
Y |
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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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