308807 (v.1) Fluid Mechanics 230

Area:

Faculty of Engineering and Computing

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** 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. **

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

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.

** 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. **

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

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2005	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 1	Y
2005	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 2	Y

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