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308807 (v.1) Fluid Mechanics 230
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Faculty of Engineering and Computing |
| Credits: |
25.0 |
| Contact Hours: |
4.0 |
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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: |
2 x 1.5 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: |
1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: |
2 x 2 Hours Quarterly |
| Other Requisite(s): |
Completion of first year of course: Completion of CFY Engineering
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| Syllabus: |
Introduction (basic properties of fluids), flow fields (steady/unsteady flow, streamlines), velocity profile (Couette flow), Newton's law of viscosity, Reynolds number. Hydrostatics, control-volume analysis - mass conservation and momentum equation, applications of CV analysis. Bernoulli equation, measurement of pressure and flow speed and volumetric flow rate, applications of Bernoulli equation (Froude propeller theory). One-dimensional energy equation, laminar flow in pipes and channels, laminar-to-turbulent transition, turbulent flow in pipes, index and logarithmic laws, wall-roughness, Moody chart, hydraulic grade lines, boundary layers (laminar and turbulent), drag, dimensional analysis, dynamic similarity, pump types and characterisation. |
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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: | 030701 Mechanical Engineering | | Funding Cluster: | 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying | | SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information | | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability |
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Internal |
Partially Online Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
Fully Online |
| 2005 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 1 |
Y |
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| 2005 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 2 |
Y |
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| 2005 |
Miri Sarawak Campus |
Semester 1 |
Y |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
Partially
Online
Internal | refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |
Fully
Online | refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |
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