ME10009: Fluid mechanics
[Page last updated: 04 August 2021]
| Academic Year: | 2021/2 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 15%, EX 85% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Coursework - Lab Report Air Jet (CW 15%)
- Examination (EX 85%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- ME10009 Re-assessment Examination (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Description: | Aims:
To introduce the student to more basic equations of fluid mechanics and to apply the equations to engineering problems.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Understand the basic concepts of fluid mechanics.
* Apply the continuity, momentum and Bernoulli's equations to engineering problems.
* Use dimensional analysis.
Skills:
Problem solving; numeracy; working independently.
Content:
Stress and viscosity; fluid statics; pressure, forces and moments; fluid kinematics; continuity equation; Bernoulli equation; Bernoulli equation with losses and external work; momentum equation for a control volume; dimensional analysis and similarity; introduction to Flight. Thermofluids laboratory experiment.
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| Programme availability: |
ME10009 is Compulsory on the following programmes:
Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
- UEXX-AFB02 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Year 2)
- UEXX-AKB02 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UEXX-AFM02 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Year 2)
- UEXX-AKM02 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 2)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
- UEME-AFB26 : BEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB26 : BEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFB48 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB48 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFB16 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB16 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFB38 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB38 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFB47 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB47 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM04 : MEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM04 : MEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM48 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM48 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM16 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM16 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM38 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM38 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM47 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM47 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2021/22 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2022/23 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2021/22.
- Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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