The University of Queensland
Department of Mechanical Engineering

E4350 Fluid Mechanics IIM & E4351 Gas Dynamics

Syllabus

This subject assumes a working knowledge of material in E4212 Fluid Mechanics IM and extends the understanding of fluid flow to include multi-dimensional effects. There will be 3 lectures per week covering the following topics.

See below for more details. The tutorial work aims to develop problem solving skills while the laboratory work aims to develop practical skills in flow measurement and interpretation of experimental results.

Assessment

Lecture Times

Lecturers

Tutorials

Thursday 11am-12noon, Room 49-102 (Civil Engineering)
Exercise/problem sheets will be distributed and nominated problems are to be submitted for assessment.

All assignments will have to be submitted by the specified deadlines for marking. Late submissions will not be accepted. When submitting assignments, clear evidence of individual effort must be included.

Tutors / Laboratory Demonstrators

Laboratory Work

For E4350, there will be 4 experiments.

  1. Ideal two-dimensional flow
  2. Flow in a pipe network
  3. Flow in a constant-area duct with friction
  4. Performance of a centrifugal fan

The class will be divided into groups and a roster of groups and laboratory sessions will be posted at the end of week 1. Laboratory sessions will be held on Monday and Wednesday afternoons (1:30pm-5pm) starting a couple of weeks into the semester. To align the laboratory classes with the lectures, each laboratory will be run over a period of 4 weeks (approximately) with 2 sessions scheduled for each afternoon. Hence, the first session of each afternoon will start at 1:30pm and the second session at 3:15pm.

The laboratory work for this subject requires that you do some pre-work, (as described in the handouts for each experiment). Failure to do the pre-work slows down the experiment and the tutors may require that you return at a later date if you have no evidence in your workbook that you have made a serious attempt at the pre-work before your laboratory work is scheduled to start.

Each student is required to keep a bound laboratory log book (e.g. spiral bound) in which all pre-work, notes and data readings taken during the experiment must be recorded. Loose pages are not to be used, except for graph paper which must be glued or taped in. Remember, everything goes into your log book.

The log book, with the required pre-work and subsequent graphical comparison of theory and experiment etc, must be submitted on the Friday of the second-last week of lectures (25-Oct-96). The log book entries for the first three experiments will be worth 3% each. A formal report on the final experiment (Performance of a centrifugal fan) will be worth 11% of the final marks for the subject. This report is due on the 25th October.

E4351 students will do the first three experiments (3% each) plus an assignment worth 11% of total marks. Further details will be distributed when the lectures on Gas Dynamics begin.

Textbook

You should have an introductory textbook from E4212. Any of the following books should suffice for the common material.

For the E4351 component, any of the following books would be useful.

And, for turbomachinery...

Detailed Syllabus

  1. Equations of Multidimensional Flow
  2. Ideal Flow of a Frictionless Fluid
  3. Incompressible Internal Flow
  4. Compressible Pipe Flow
  5. Gas Dynamics (E4351 only)
  6. Turbomachinery (E4350 only)
  7. Flow Measurement
  8. Viscous Effects in External Flows
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PJ & DJM, 19-July-1996