308807
Fluid Mechanics 230
Professor Tony Lucey
Engineering
Curtin Engineering
UNIT OUTLINE
Semester 1 2010
CRICOS (Perth - 00301J) (Sydney - 02637B)
308807 Fluid Mechanics 230
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 1 ESSENTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION ........................................................................... 1 TEACHING STAFF – BENTLEY CAMPUS ..................................................................................... 2 TEACHING STAFF – MIRI SARAWAK CAMPUS .......................................................................... 3 UNIT COORDINATOR .................................................................................................................... 4 UNIT SYLLABUS ............................................................................................................................. 4 LEARNING OUTCOMES ................................................................................................................ 5 LEARNING ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................. 5 STUDENT FEEDBACK ................................................................................................................... 5 LEARNING RESOURCES .............................................................................................................. 5 TEXT BOOK .................................................................................................................................... 5 Recommended Texts: .................................................................................................................. 6 ASSESSMENT DETAILS ................................................................................................................ 6 Assessment Summary ................................................................................................................. 6 Assessment Task Details ............................................................................................................. 6 Supplementary and Deferred Assessments ................................................................................ 7 Referencing Style ......................................................................................................................... 7 Awarding of Grades ..................................................................................................................... 7 STUDENTS’ RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ........................................................................... 7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ......................................................................................................... 8 Telephone Contacts: .................................................................................................................... 8 UNIT STUDY CALENDAR .............................................................................................................. 9 Semester 1 2010 ...................................................................................................................... 9 308807 Fluid Mechanics 230
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Curtin Engineering. The School of Engineering at Curtin aspires to be nationally and
internationally recognised as a leader in Engineering education and research. We are dedicated
to the enhancement of teaching and research and the pursuit of excellence and innovative
applications of engineering technology as a contribution to the advancement of scientific
knowledge, understanding and community relevance.
ESSENTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Unit Title
Fluid Mechanics 230
Unit Study Package Number
308807
Unit Coordinator
Professor Tony Lucey
Teaching Area
Engineering
Credit Value
25
Mode(s) of study
Informational
Pre-requisites
Bachelor of Engineering Pre-Major
Co-Requisites
None.
Anti-requisites
None.
Additional requirements
None.
Core Unit
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Construction Engineering)
Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering)
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
Core Unit status
If you are taking this unit as a required (core) unit in your
course of study, you may be terminated from your course of
study if you fail this unit twice.
Result Type
This is a grade/mark unit.
Ancillary Fees and Charges
All fee information can be obtained through the Fees Centre.
Visit http://www.fees.curtin.edu.au/index.cfm for details.
Unit Website
Faculty or School Website
http://engineering.curtin.edu.au/
Tuition Pattern
2 x 1.5 hours lecture.
1 x hour tutorial.
2 x 2 hour laboratory.
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TEACHING STAFF – BENTLEY CAMPUS
The lecturer or tutor for this unit at Bentley Campus and their contact details are below:
Your lecturer or tutor:
Professor Tony Lucey (Lectures Wks1-6 &
Mechanical Tutorials)
Email:
A.Lucey@curtin.edu.au
Phone:
9266 2680
Building:
204
Room:
414
Contact Hours:
See FLECS
Your lecturer or tutor:
Drs Faisal Anwar & Ranjan
Sarukkalige(Laboratory Program & Civil
Tutorials)
Email:
F.Anwar@curtin.edu.au &
P.Sarukkalige@curtin.edu.au
Phone:
9266 4016 & 3530
Building:
204
Room:
437 & 429
Contact Hours:
See FLECS
Your lecturer or tutor:
A/Professor Hongwei Wu (Lectures Wks
7-12 & Chemical Engg. Tutorials)
Email:
h.wu@curtin.edu.au
Phone:
9266 7592
Building:
204
Room:
528
Contact Hours:
See FLECS
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TEACHING STAFF – MIRI SARAWAK CAMPUS
The lecturer or tutor for this unit at Miri Sarawak Campus and their contact details are below:
Your lecturer or tutor:
Professor Yudi Samyudia
Email:
yudi.samyudia@curtin.edu.my
Phone:
085 44 3835
Building:
GP1
Room:
214
Contact Hours:
TBA
Your lecturer or tutor:
Dr, Hannah Ngu Ling Ngee
Email:
hannahngu@curtin.edu.my
Phone:
085 44 1210
Building:
GP1
Room:
220
Contact Hours:
TBA
Your lecturer or tutor:
Dr Law Ming Chiat
Email:
m.c.law@curtin.edu.my
Phone:
085 44 3824
Building:
GP1
Room:
204
Contact Hours:
TBA
The teaching staff will assist you with your learning and any problems or difficulties you may be
experiencing while undertaking this unit. They will also mark your assignments and provide
feedback in relation to your progress in this unit.
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UNIT COORDINATOR
Every unit also has a person who is responsible for the overall administration of that unit. This
person is the Unit Coordinator. If you cannot contact the person who is teaching you (named
above) or if you have further queries about this unit, you may wish to contact the Unit Coordinator
for this unit. Their contact details are below:
Unit Coordinator:
Professor Tony Lucey
Email:
A.Lucey@curtin.edu.au
Phone:
9266 7048
Building:
204
Room:
414
Contact Hours:
See FLECS
UNIT SYLLABUS

Introduction (basic properties of fluids and the essential difference between fluid and solid
mechanics).

Flow fields – steady/unsteady flow – streamlines – velocity profile (Couette flow).

Newton’s law of viscosity.

Reynolds number.

Hydrostatics – forces on bodies immersed in a fluid at rest.

Control-volume (CV) analysis – mass conservation (uniform streams and simple integral
forms).

CV analysis – momentum equation (uniform streams and simple integral forms).

Applications of CV analysis (eg. impact of jets on plates, forces in nozzles etc.).

Bernoulli equation (derivation from CV/streamtube analysis).

Measurement of pressure and flow speed (Pitot/Pitot-static tubes, Venturi meter, orifice plate)
and volumetric flow rate.

Applications of Bernoulli equation (with mass conservation and momentum equation), eg.
Froude propeller theory for wind turbines and rotors.

One-dimensional energy equation.

Internal viscous flow – laminar flow in pipes and channels – friction and pressure-head loss.

Laminar-to-turbulent transition (qualitative).

Turbulent flow in pipes – index law, logarithmic law – wall-roughness effects.

Moody chart.

Hydraulic grade lines – pipe/reservoir systems.

Introduction to boundary layers (laminar and turbulent) and boundary-layer effects.

Types of drag (eg. Re-dependence for flow past a cylinder).

Dimensional analysis.

Dimensional analysis - dynamic similarity - lift and drag coefficients.

Pump types (physics of operation – qualitative).

Characterisation of pumps through non-dimensional groups.
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
1.
Recognise fluid phenomena and understand their causes, especially with regard to viscous
and inviscid flow.
2.
Characterise fluid behaviour and its effects using non-dimensional groups.
3.
Apply basic conservation principles in Fluid Mechanics.
4.
Model simple flow situations to make estimates of fluid forces.
5.
Perform design calculations for engineering applications that involve fluid flow.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
2 x 1.5 hours lecture.
1 x hour tutorial.
2 x 2 hour laboratory.
STUDENT FEEDBACK
For Semester 1 and Semester 2 eVALUate is open for
student feedback:
17 May - 27 June Semester 1
18 October - 28 November in Semester 2
For other study periods see
http://evaluate.curtin.edu.au/info/dates_2010.cfm
We welcome your feedback as one way to keep improving this unit. Later this semester, you will
be encouraged to give unit feedback through eVALUate, Curtin’s online student feedback system
(see http://evaluate.curtin.edu.au).
LEARNING RESOURCES
Comprehensive unit materials - full lecture notes, tutorial sheets, laboratory briefing sheets etc. are provided on the WebCT site for the unit. Model solutions and other study aids will also be
posted on this site.
TEXT BOOK
You will need to purchase the following textbook in order to complete this unit:

None.
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Recommended Texts:
You do not have to purchase the following textbooks but you may like to refer to them.

Munson, B.R, Young, D.F. & Okiishi, T.H. 2002, Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 4th
Edition, John Wiley and Sons. (ISBN -471-44250-X)

White, F.M. 2003 Fluid Mechanics, 5th Edition McGraw Hill. (ISBN -07-283180-4)

Douglas, J.F., Gasiorek, J.M. & Swaffield, J.A., Fluid Mechanics, 3rd Edition, Longman
Scientific & Technical, (ISBN -582-23408-5)
ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Assessment Summary
The assessment for this unit consists of the following items.
Assessment Tasks
Week Due
Worth
Two hour examination
Exam fortnight
55
Assessed Laboratory
Two weeks after taking the laboratory
20
Assessed Group Exercise
Week 11
10
Mid-semester Test
Week 7
15
TOTAL
100%
Assessment Task Details
Two-hour examination (Two student-hours of assessment).
Assessed Laboratory - only one laboratory report marked (Nine student-hours of assessment) = 2
x 2 (attendance) + 5 (write-up). (Note that special compensation will be made for students taking
the laboratory in Weeks 7 & 8 before the pipe-flow lecture material has been covered and
discussed
Assessed Group Exercise – Open-ended mini-project, non-laboratory, one submission per group
(Three student-hours of assessment).
Mid-semester test (One student-hour of assessment).
Total student hours of assessment = 15hrs.
Mid-semester test: Friday lecture slot in Week 7
Assessed Laboratory: Your report must be submitted two weeks after you undertake the second
laboratory – note that although the first laboratory does not require a formal write up, it must be
completed and sighted by the instructor because it contributes a component of the overall
laboratory mark
Assessed Group Exercise: Submit by end of Week 11.
LATE SUBMISSIONS: Penalties may apply for the late submission of assessed work - please
refer to the FLECS-mounted document for details
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Supplementary and Deferred Assessments
Students granted a Supplementary or Deferred assessment will be notified via OCC.
Supplementary and Deferred assessments will be held on Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd and
Friday 23rd July 2010. Please also note that the failure to attend the examination/assessment on
the day and time set will result in a fail for the unit. Under no circumstances will alternative
arrangements be made to suit individuals.
Referencing Style
Curtin Engineering advises students that Curtin University supports the "Chicago Referencing
Style" for written work and oral presentations. For a guide to this style please see
http://library.curtin.edu.au/referencing/index.html
However, students are permitted to use other recognised styles that appear in the Engineering
literature. Note also that individual lecturers can stipulate that a particular style is used when
it best matches the type of work in the assessment of the particular unit.
Awarding of Grades
To pass this unit you must:

Achieve a grade/mark greater than or equal to 5/50.

At: http://www.fac.eng.curtin.edu.au/home/id5_Current_Students/
STUDENTS’ RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
It is the responsibility of every student to be aware of all relevant legislation, policies and
procedures relating to their rights and responsibilities as a student. These include:

the Student Charter,

the University’s Guiding Ethical Principles,

the University’s policy and statements on plagiarism and academic integrity,

copyright principles and responsibilities,

the University’s policies on appropriate use of software and computer facilities,

students’ responsibility to check enrolment,

deadlines, appeals, and grievance resolution,

student feedback,

other policies and procedures

electronic communication with students
See www.students.curtin.edu.au/administration/responsibilities.cfm for comprehensive
information on all of the above.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Telephone Contacts:
If you have a query relating to administrative matters such as:
requests for deferment of study

difficulties with accessing online study materials

obtaining assessment results
please contact your Unit Coordinator:
Unit Coordinator:
Professor Tony Lucey
Email:
A.Lucey@curtin.edu.au
Phone:
9266 7048
Building:
204
Room:
414
Contact Hours:
See FLECS
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UNIT STUDY CALENDAR
If you have a printed copy of this document, you may like to tear off this final page and keep the
Study Calendar handy as you work through the unit.
Semester 1 2010
WK
Assessments
Laboratory
1.
Do Laboratory #1 once within Weeks 2-5 (you will need
select a session through online registration)
2.
3.
4.
Tuition Free Week
Tuition Free Week
5.
6.
7.
Mid-semester Test
Do Laboratory #2 once within Weeks 7-12 (you will need
select a session through online registration)
8.
Submit Report 2 weeks after taking the laboratory
9.
10.
11.
Submit Group Mini-project
12.
Study Week
Examinations
Examinations
END OF UNIT OUTLINE
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