436-201 Thermofluids 1

Students will be expected to be familiar with material covered in 100-level mathematics.

Unit 1, Fluid Mechanics: Students should develop a fundamental understanding of basic principles of fluid statics and dynamics; gain experience in practical methodologies applied to the solution of engineering flow problems; have an ability to perform force and stability analysis in fluid statics; analyse control volumes analysis for continuity, energy and momentum balances; perform dimensional analysis; and understand fluid resistance, drag and lift.

Topics include fluid statics, static forces on submerged structures, stability of floating bodies; fluid dynamics; streamlines; pathlines and streaklines; conservation of mass, momentum and energy; Euler's equation and Bernoulli's equation; control volume analysis; dimensional analysis; incompressible flow in pipes and ducts; boundary layers; flow around immersed bodies; and drag and lift.

Unit 2, Thermodynamics: Students should develop an understanding of laws of thermodynamics and thermodynamic property relationships and how to apply these principles to engineering systems; understand non-flow and steady flow processes; understand second law limitations; formulate equations for process performance and cycle efficiency; and carry out combustion analysis.

Topics include heat and work, ideal non-flow and flow processes; laws of thermodynamics; Carnot's principle; Clausius inequality; direct and reversed heat engines; thermal efficiencies; properties of pure substances; change of phase; representation of properties; steam and air tables; and vapour equation of state, ideal gases.

• ability to apply knowledge of basic science and engineering fundamentals

• ability to communicate effectively, not only with engineers but also with the community at large

• in-depth technical competence in at least one engineering discipline

• ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution

• ability to utilise a systems approach to design and operational performance

• understanding of the social, cultural, global and environmental responsibilities of the professional engineer, and the need for sustainable development

• understanding of the principles of sustainable design and development

• expectation of the need to undertake lifelong learning, capacity to do so

• capacity for independent critical thought, rational inquiry and self-directed learning

• intellectual curiosity and creativity, including understanding of the philosophical and methodological bases of research activity

• openness to new ideas and unconventional critiques of received wisdom

• profound respect for truth and intellectual integrity, and for the ethics of scholarship

One 3-hour end of semester written examination (80%), laboratory work (5 experiments with reports, each up to 5000 words, scheduled throughout the semester) (20%).