MEng Mechanical Engineering with Industrial Experience

This unit extends the basic Fluid Mechanics covered in year 1 to include the differential form of the equations and to apply the equations to the important areas of Open Channel flow, Compressible flow, Viscous flow  and Pipes, Pumps and Compressors. 

To give students an introductory understanding of the motion of fluids and its relevance to Engineering
To introduce waves to students and its relevance to Engineering
To introduce Compressible flow including Isentropic flow, shock waves and expansion fans to students and its relevance to Engineering
To introduce Dimensional Analysis to Students and its relevance to Engineering
To increase student understanding of pipes and pumps networks.
 

Section 1: The Equations of Fluid Mechanics
a) Revision of the importance of Fluid Mechanics in Engineering as well as non-engineering disciplines
b) Introduction to the differential form of the equations of motion for fluids
c) Introduction to  Dimensional Analysis

Section 2: Open Channel flow
a) The Equations of motion for open channel flow
b) Flow over bumps, surface waves, energy analysis and  modes of flow
c) Hydraulic jumps, flow under sluice gates and flow over weirs

Section 3:  Compressible flow
a) The Equations of motion for Compressible flow
b) Isentropic flow through convergent-divergent nozzles
c) Normal shock waves
d) Oblique shock waves
e) Prandtl-Meyer expansions

Section 4 :  Dimensional Analysis
a) Non-dimensional approach to systems
b) Buckingham’s working rule
c) Similartity and Model Testing

Section 5: Pipes, Pumps and Compressors
a) Laminar and turbulent flow in pipes
b) The Moody chart
c) Minor and major losses in pipes
d) Loss calculations and extended Bernoulli
e) Multiple pipe networks
f) Pump and turbine characteristics including specific speed
g) Pipe and Pump network matching

Laboratory: Compressible flow over a supersonic aerofoil  or Open channel flow

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