Overview
This unit introduces the fundamental properties of fluids, analysis of pipe flow and analysis of buoyancy and stability of floating objects. It presents methods of analysing fluid systems using the concept of a control volume combined with the conservation of mass and momentum equations. Students analyse incompressible flows in pipe systems and use similitude and modelling principles and techniques to solve problems in fluid mechanics. Students will prepare technical and laboratory reports using appropriate "mechanical engineering language", and document the process of modelling and analysis. They are required to act professionally in presenting information, communicating, working and learning, both individually and in teams. Distance education (FLEX) students must have access to a computer and make frequent use of the Internet. FLEX students will be required to attend a residential school.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites: MATH11219 Engineering Mathematics AND [ENEG11006 Engineering Statics OR ENEM12007 Statics & Dynamics] AND [ENEG11009 Fundamentals of Energy & Electricity OR PHYS11185 Engineering Physics B]
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2019
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Have you Say
The assessment tasks helped students to learn.
The practice will continue in the future offering.
Feedback from Have you Say
A gap between lectures and tutorials.
Students requested to consider delivering lectures early in the week with a gap between the tutorials to give the students a chance to practice their work beforehand. This issue will be reviewed and timetabled properly in the next offering.
Feedback from Have you Say
The Moodle site is set out very well compared to other units.
The practice will continue in the future offering.
- prepare technical and laboratory reports based on thorough evaluation of data and associated uncertainties
- use appropriate mechanical engineering language in context
- document the process of modelling and analysis and present the information in a professional manner
- communicate, work and learn, individually and in peer learning teams in a professional manner
- explain the fundamental properties of fluids and apply this knowledge to analyse fluid flow in pipes
- analyse the buoyancy and stability of floating bodies
- analyse fluid systems using the concept of a control volume combined with the conservation of mass and momentum equations
- analyse incompressible flows in pipe systems
- apply similitude and modelling principles and techniques to problems in fluid mechanics
The Learning Outcomes for this unit are linked to the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment - 20% | |||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||||||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 0% | |||||||||
| 5 - Examination - 40% | |||||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 0% | ||||||||||
| 5 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Munson's Fluid Mechanics
8th Edition (2017)
Authors: Gerhart, P.M.; Gerhart, A. L.; Hochstein, J.I.
John Wiley & Sons
Hoboken Hoboken , NJ , USA
ISBN: 9781119248989
Binding: Hardcover
Elementary Fluid Mechanics
7th Edition (1996)
Authors: Street, R.L., Watters, G.Z. and Vennard, J.K.
John Wiley & Sons
New York New York , New York , USA
ISBN: 9780471013105
Binding: Hardcover
Additional Textbook Information
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
n.hassan@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Unit Overview and Fluid Properties
Chapter
1
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial 1: Fluid properties
Module/Topic
Fluid Statics and Manometry
Chapter
2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial 2: Fluids Statics and Menometry
Module/Topic
Equilibrium, Buoyancy and Forces on Submerged Bodies
Chapter
2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial 3: Buoyancy and Forces on Submerged Bodies
Module/Topic
Eulerian and Lagrangian mechanics, One dimensional flow, Euler's equation and Bernoulli's equation
Chapter
3 and 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial 4: Euler's equation and Bernoulli's equation
Module/Topic
Control Volume, Conversion of Mass, Momentum Equation
Chapter
4, 5 and 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial 5: Control Volume, Conversion of Mass, and Momentum Equation
Module/Topic
Non teaching week
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
No tutorial.
Residential School for distance students. For more information, see Handbook
Module/Topic
Application of Momentum Equation
Chapter
6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial 6: Momentum Equation
Assignment 1 Due: Week 6 Monday (26 Aug 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Viscous Effects, Navier Stoke's equation
Chapter
6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial 7: Viscous Effects and Navier Stoke's equation
Module/Topic
Boundary Layer Concept, Laminar and Turbulent Flow, Reynolds Stress
Chapter
6, 8 and 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial 8: Boundary Layer Concept, Laminar and Turbulent Flow, Reynolds Stress
Module/Topic
Incompressible Flow in Pipes, Moody Diagram, Pipe Bends, and Fittings, Measurement of Fluid Flow
Chapter
8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial 9: Incompressible Flow in Pipes
Module/Topic
Dimensional Analysis, Buckingham Pi Theorem, Common Dimensionless Numbers
Chapter
7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial 10: Dimensional Analysis
Module/Topic
Dynamic Similarity, Modelling Technique and Experimentation
Chapter
7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial 11: Dynamic Similarity
Assignment 2 Due: Week 11 Friday (4 Oct 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Reveiw
Chapter
Sample problems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Revision
Laboratory Reports Due: Week 12 Friday (11 Oct 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Unit Review
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Practical and Written Assessment
Week 12 Friday (11 Oct 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
In two weeks from the date of submission
- prepare technical and laboratory reports based on thorough evaluation of data and associated uncertainties
- use appropriate mechanical engineering language in context
- document the process of modelling and analysis and present the information in a professional manner
- communicate, work and learn, individually and in peer learning teams in a professional manner
- explain the fundamental properties of fluids and apply this knowledge to analyse fluid flow in pipes
- analyse the buoyancy and stability of floating bodies
- analyse fluid systems using the concept of a control volume combined with the conservation of mass and momentum equations
- analyse incompressible flows in pipe systems
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
This assignment covers the weekly topics from Week 1 to Week 5. Students are required to answer analytical and numerical questions. The assignment tasks will be uploaded on the unit website (Moodle).
Week 6 Monday (26 Aug 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
In two weeks from the date of submission
- prepare technical and laboratory reports based on thorough evaluation of data and associated uncertainties
- use appropriate mechanical engineering language in context
- document the process of modelling and analysis and present the information in a professional manner
- communicate, work and learn, individually and in peer learning teams in a professional manner
- explain the fundamental properties of fluids and apply this knowledge to analyse fluid flow in pipes
- analyse the buoyancy and stability of floating bodies
- analyse fluid systems using the concept of a control volume combined with the conservation of mass and momentum equations
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
This assignment covers the weekly topics from Week 6 to Week 10. Students are required to answer analytical and numerical questions. The assignment tasks will be uploaded on the unit website (Moodle).
Week 11 Friday (4 Oct 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
In two weeks from the date of submission
- use appropriate mechanical engineering language in context
- document the process of modelling and analysis and present the information in a professional manner
- explain the fundamental properties of fluids and apply this knowledge to analyse fluid flow in pipes
- analyse the buoyancy and stability of floating bodies
- analyse fluid systems using the concept of a control volume combined with the conservation of mass and momentum equations
- analyse incompressible flows in pipe systems
- apply similitude and modelling principles and techniques to problems in fluid mechanics
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
4 Written Assessment
- study notes taken while studying textbooks and unit resources
- study notes taken during lectures and/or workshops
- personal study summaries of key concepts
- notes, sketches/ drawings or mind-maps
- planning and preparation for team/project tasks
- planning and preparation for online unit discussions
- workbook practice tasks you are asked to complete in the Unit Website
- initial attempts at set tutorial tasks
- initial attempts at assignment tasks
- preparation for class tests or exams.
Review/Exam Week Friday (18 Oct 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Workbook will be returned after the CQU Certification of Grades.
- use appropriate mechanical engineering language in context
- document the process of modelling and analysis and present the information in a professional manner
- communicate, work and learn, individually and in peer learning teams in a professional manner
- explain the fundamental properties of fluids and apply this knowledge to analyse fluid flow in pipes
- analyse the buoyancy and stability of floating bodies
- analyse fluid systems using the concept of a control volume combined with the conservation of mass and momentum equations
- analyse incompressible flows in pipe systems
- apply similitude and modelling principles and techniques to problems in fluid mechanics
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
Examination
Calculator - all non-communicable calculators, including scientific, programmable and graphics calculators are authorised
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