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PHYS207 Fluid Mechanics

Updated: 15 January 2013
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 1 On Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
17 April 2013 19 April 2013 Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites PHYS132 or (PHYS122 or PHYS122A) and MATH120 or (MATH110 or MATH101 or MATH101A) or candidature in a postgraduate award in the School of Environmental and Rural Science or School of Science and Technology
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) David Lamb (dlamb@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit will cover the topics related to the principal properties of fluids, hydrostatics, boundary layers, pipe flow, pumps, momentum principles as applied to hydraulics, and Manning's equation of open channel flow.
Important Information

Where calculators are permitted in examinations, it must be selected from an approved list, which can be accessed from the Further Information link below.

Further information
Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignments 30%
Assessment Notes
Five (5) written assignments comprising short-answer and problem-solving questions
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 GA: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Practicals 20%
Assessment Notes
Practicals and associated reports. Students must submit all practical reports to pass the unit.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 GA: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Final Examination 2 hrs 50%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 GA: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. explain the basic principles of energy and momentum pertaining to fluids and compute the pressure within a static or moving fluid and the hydrostatic force on a submerged or partially submerged surface;
  2. derive and apply Bernoulli's energy equation;
  3. demonstrate an understanding of the significance of Reynold's experiments and its application to the two states of laminar and turbulent flow;
  4. evaluate different types of pumps and the circumstances under which each type may be preferable and perform calculations necessary to determine the required pump specifications (heads and flow rate) for a given duty or purpose in practical systems;
  5. demonstrate an understanding of the application of momentum principles to forces on rotating wheels (ie turbines), pipe bends and reducers in pipes;
  6. demonstrate a range of manipulative, observational, interpretive, written and graphical communication skills through undertaking and reporting on laboratory work and completing written assignments.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Through a combination of formal lectures, tutorials or independent reading, students acquire knowledge of the particular discipline. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Through participation in class discussions (including intensive school attendees), and writing their practical reports, students analyse and organise information and ideas, and convey those data clearly, in written, spoken and electronic forms. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Students gain a global prespective, as it relates to their discipline, through the incorporation recent research or commercial applications in their study material.
4 Information Literacy
The laboratory experimental reports requires students to locate, access, analyse, interpret, use, retrieve and store information. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
In preparing for their examinations, completing regular weekly quizzes, and writing experimental laboratory reports, students gain learning skills that transcent the scope of their projects/topics; skills that may be applied to any form of learning. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
In preparing for their examinations, completing regular weekly quizzes, and writing experimental laboratory reports, students gain, students learn to identify problems, to consider and evaluate potential solutions using independent thought and logic, and to determine the best solution by informed judgement. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Throughout the learning material, the relationships between physics and technology, the environment and our lives are discussed. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Active classroom discussions (including intensive school attendees) and the working as part of two or three-person lab team's for their experiment work, all requires students gain the ability to interact effectively with others within their peer group in order to work towards a common goal. Students develop the ability to evaluate opinions and make decisions leading to a timely and successful completion of the assigned tasks. 		True True
   

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