Fluid mechanics
R J Alfredson
4 points * 22 lecture hours plus tutorial and laboratory classes * First/Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: MAT1920
Fluid properties, fluid statics, kinematics, Euler and Bernoulli equations, flow measurement, control volumes, continuity, momentum and energy equations, dimensional analysis, modelling, boundary layer, lift and drag, Moody chart, pipe flow, single and branched pipe systems.
Assessment
Examinations (2 hours): 80% * Laboratory: 12% * Tutorial: 8%
Prescribed texts
White Fluid mechanics 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill, 1993
Recommended texts
Fox R W and McDonald A Introduction to fluid mechanics Wiley, 1993
Gerhart P M and others Fundamentals of fluid mechanics 2nd edn, Addison-Wesley, 1992