Fluids and energy
D R Honnery
4 points * 39 lecture hours, 13 tutorial/laboratory hours * Second semester * Caulfield
Properties of fluids and their measurement. Control volume analysis, continuity momentum and the Bernoulli equation. Flow measuring devices and pipe flow. Thermodynamic properties of substances and thermodynamic tables. Ideal and real gas behaviour. The first law of thermodynamics and its relationship to fluid flow. Heat transfer fundamentals, conduction, convection and radiation. Application of basic fluid, thermodynamic and heat transfer principles to machinery with specific case studies involving the management and monitoring of energy usage.
Assessment
Examination (3 hours): 60% * Practical/Assignments: 40%
Recommended texts
Eastop T D and McConkey A Applied thermodynamics for engineering technologists 5th edn, Longman, 1993
Munson B and others Fundamentals of fluid mechanics Wiley, 1990