421-230 Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

421-103 Engineering Statics

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

At the conclusion of this unit students will have acquired an understanding of problems involving fluids at rest and in motion and will have developed an appreciation of the relevance of mass and heat transfer to a range of engineering situations.

Topics covered include: Basic definitions and fluid properties; fluid statics (including Pascal's principle, the basic hydrostatic equation, liquid forces on plane and curved surfaces, buoyancy and stability of floating bodies); relative equilibrium; fluid kinematics (including steady and unsteady flow, streamlines, velocity profiles, continuity equation); the steady state energy equation; conduction, convection and radiant heat transfer; mass diffusion.

Assessment

One written examination not exceeding three-hours (85%); assignments totalling up to 3000 words (15%)