Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer
Sammy Diasinos
Contact via email
E6B 108
Tuesday and Wednesday between 9am and 10am
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(MATH132 or MATH135(P)) and ((PHYS106 and PHYS107) or (PHYS140(P) and PHYS143(P)))
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit will examine the basic concepts of thermodynamics. It will analyse the First Law of Thermodynamics; and examine the roles of fluids and their properties in an engineering context. In particular concepts of pressure and head; hydrostatics; buoyancy; and closed systems will be examined.
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Name | Weighting | Due |
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Skills Test | 3% | Week 2 Lecture |
Fluid Static Class tests | 8% | Week 5 Lecture |
Fluid Static Laboratories | 8% | Weeks 6 |
Fluid Dynamic Laboratories | 8% | Week 9 |
Fluid Dynamics Class test | 8% | Week 10 Lecture |
Professionalism & Contribution | 8% | Weeks 2 to 13 |
Assignment | 7% | Week 13 |
Examination | 50% | Examination period |
Due: Week 2 Lecture
Weighting: 3%
A test to be conducted in the first lecture to confirm the students assumed knowledge ascertained from the prerequisite courses.
Due: Week 5 Lecture
Weighting: 8%
In Class Test assessing material delivered relevant to the Fluid Statics module of the course.
Due: Weeks 6
Weighting: 8%
Combined laboratory reports written for two unique experiments demonstrating; hydrostatic forces as well as buoyancy and stability.
Due: Week 9
Weighting: 8%
Combined laboratory report written for unique two experiments demonstrating; Bernoulli’s theorem and losses due to friction in piping systems.
Due: Week 10 Lecture
Weighting: 8%
In Class Test assessing material delivered relevant to the Fluid Dynamics module of the course.
Due: Weeks 2 to 13
Weighting: 8%
An assessment of the professionalism and contribution made by individual students throughout all tutorial and laboratory sessions
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 7%
An assignment that encompasses the results obtained from the final laboratory (wind tunnel testing) and requires the student to produce a simulation (Computational Fluid Dynamics Model) in order to make a suitable comparison. Once results have been obtained, students are required to identify the possible causes for variations between the experiment and simulation and assess which is the more trustworthy result for the given application.
Due: Examination period
Weighting: 50%
Final Examination assessing all material delivered throughout the course.
The main text required for this course is: Potter and Wiggert, Mechanics of Fluids, 3rd Ed
Week |
Lecture Topic |
Lecturer |
Laboratory/ Tutorial |
Assesments Due |
1 |
Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Properties |
Dr Diasinos |
No Tutorial |
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2 |
Fluids Statics, Pressures in Fluids, Accelerating Fluids |
Dr Diasinos |
Tutorial |
In Lecture Skills Test |
3 |
Forces of Fluids Acting on Surfaces |
Dr Diasinos |
Laboratory 1 and Tutorial |
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4 |
Buoyancy and Stability |
Dr Diasinos |
Tutorial |
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5 |
Description and Classification of Fluids In Motion |
Dr Diasinos |
Laboratory 2 and Tutorial |
Statics In Class Test |
6 |
Bernoulli’s Equation and The Fundamental Laws of Fluid Motion |
Dr Diasinos |
Tutorial |
Statics Laboratory Report Due |
7 |
Internal Flows |
Dr Diasinos |
Laboratory 3 and Tutorial |
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8 |
Dimensional Analysis and Similitude |
Dr Diasinos |
Laboratory 4 and Tutorial |
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9 |
Experimental Techniques to Investigate Fluid Mechanics |
Dr Diasinos |
Laboratory 5 and Tutorial |
Dynamics Laboratory Report Due |
10 |
Numerical Techniques to Investigate Fluid Mechanics |
Dr Diasinos |
CFD Tutorial |
Dynamics In Class Test |
11 |
External Flows |
Dr Diasinos |
CFD Tutorial |
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12 |
Compressible Flows |
Dr Diasinos |
CFD Tutorial |
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13 |
Revision |
Dr Diasinos |
Tutorial |
Assignment Due |
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