Fluid Mechanics

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

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The content of this subject is as follows: manometry; derivation of the continuity equation, mechanical energy balance; friction losses in a straight pipe, fanning friction factor, treatment of roughness, valves and fittings; simple network problems; principles of open channel flow; compressible flow - thermodynamic preliminaries, propagation of a pressure wave, isothermal and adiabatic flow equations in a pipe, choked flow; pumps - pump characteristics, centrifugal pumps, derivation of theoretical head; head losses leading to the actual pump head curve, calculating system head, determining the operating point of a pumping system, throttling for flow control, cavitation and NPSH, introduction to positive displacement pumps; stirred tanks - radial, axial and tangential flow; types of agitators, vortex elimination, the standard tank configuration, power number and power curve, dynamic and geometric similarity in scale-up; multi-dimensional fluid flow - Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, momentum flux, development of multi-dimensional equations of continuity and for momentum transfer, application to tube flow, Couette flow, Stokes flow etc., solutions for creeping flow, turbulence, universal velocity profile.

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution;
• Capacity for independant thought;
• Ability to plan work and to use time effectively.