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Unit Synopsis
This unit introduces the fundamental properties of fluids, analysis of pipe flow, 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. Online students must have access to a computer and make frequent use of the Internet.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| 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). |
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| Residential School | No Residential School |
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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).
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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Practical and Written Assessment | 20% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 20% |
| 3. Written Assessment | 20% |
| 4. Take Home Exam | 40% |
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%).
Past Exams
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No previous feedback available
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.
Source: SUTE
Well-delivered content in lectures.
The practice should be continued in the next offering.
The same practice was followed in this offering.
Source: Student email
Students suggested that the feedback for the laboratory report needs to be improved.
More thorough feedback should be provided in the next offering.
The same practice was followed in this offering.
Source: SUTE
Students suggested that there are some typos in some of the lecture slides.
The lecture slides should be uploaded to Moodle after rigorous checking.
In Progress
Source: Student email
Students want to complete more complex tutorials to help them to understand the phenomena of fluid-fluid interactions.
More complex problems should be added to the tutorials.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- 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.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| 3 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| 4 - Take Home Exam | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| 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 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| 3 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| 4 - Take Home Exam | • | • | • | • | |||||||