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Semester 2
Thermofluids 3 (MECE09034)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering
College
SCE
Credits
20
Normal Year Taken
3
Delivery Session Year
2023/2024
Pre-requisites
Course Summary
Thermofluids 3 is a 20 credit course that combines elements of fluid mechanics and heat transfer.It begins with 15 lectures on fluid mechanics which are followed by 15 lectures on heat transferand then it concludes with revision. Because convection is a very large part of heat transfer, the combination of these two topics provides some synergy and streamlining. Three lectures will be delivered each week, with a fourth hour set aside for an examples session. There will be two required laboratories constituting 60% of the marks for the class, while an exam will cover 40% of the marks.
Course Description
The course will consist of 33 hours of lecture, plus four laboratory experiments:Lectures:1.Course overview and introduction (for the entire course)2.Introduction to Fluid Mechanics3.Pumps4.Turbines5.Turbines6.Turbines7.Dimensional analysis and similarity8.Wind turbines, fans & propellers9.Wind turbines, fans & propellers10.Pipe flow, introduction to the Navier-Stokes equations11.Couette flow and fluid bearings12.Stokes flow/creeping flow13.Introduction to compressible flow14.Compressible flow15.Compressible nozzle flow, choked flow16.Jet propulsion17.Introduction to Heat Transfer18.Simplified heat transfer in internal flows19.Heat exchangers20.Deeper introduction to convection -the energy equation, boundary layer assumptions, and the Nusselt and Prandtl numbers21.External flows22.Applications of external flow correlations23.Introduction to conduction heat transfer and the heat diffusion equation24.Analytical and numerical solutions to the stationary heat diffusion equation25.Transient heat conduction26.Introduction to radiation heat transfer, spectral properties27.Spatial properties, fluxes, planetary heat transfer28.Kirchoff's law and view factors29.Radiant exchange30.Mixed mode heat transfer31.Mixed mode heat transfer32.Fluid Mechanics revision33.Heat Transfer revisionPossible Laboratory Experiments:1.Centrifugal Pump2.Turbine(equipment requested)3.Counter-flow heat exchanger (equipment requested)4.Radiation (equipment requested)AHEP outcomes: EA1m, EA2m, EA3m, P3, P8m. Also has SM1b, EA1b, EA3b, EA4b, D3, P8.
Assessment Information
Written Exam 40%, Coursework 60%, Practical Exam 0%
Additional Assessment Information
Written Exam %: 40Practical Exam %:Coursework %: 60
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