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

Prerequisite(s):

307529 (v.2) Engineering Mechanics 100 or any previous version
AND
307532 (v.1) Engineering Communications 100 or any previous version
AND
307537 (v.2) Engineering Mathematics 130 or any previous version
AND
307540 (v.1) Engineering Computing 100 or any previous version
AND
309123 (v.1) Engineering and Professional Studies SS 100 or any previous version

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) and Newton's law of viscosity, Reynolds number. Hydrostatics, control-volume analysis - mass conservation and momentum equation and applications of CV analysis. Bernoulli equation, measurement of pressure and flow speed and volumetric flow rate and 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
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	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