Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Civil Engineering and Built Environment
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Tutorial
Module Offerings
4205CIV-JAN-CTY
Aims
To introduce and then consolidate students’ knowledge to the concepts, theory and application of fluid mechanics and establish their relevance in civil engineering.
To demonstrate and explore key hydraulic phenomena through experimentation and E laboratory activities.
To study engineering design principles of pipe networks.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of hydrostatics and applications to manometry.
2.
Identify the properties and nature of a fluid and evaluate the forces associated with static and dynamic fluids.
3.
Analyse the flow of water in simple pipeline systems and apply the concepts of mass conservation and Bernoulli’s equation to one-dimensional flow.
4.
Demonstrate understanding in relation to performing laboratory experiments and present appropriate findings of experimental and E laboratory activities.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Properties of fluids: density, viscosity, surface tension, compressibility.
Hydrostatic pressure: static pressure and head, Pascal’s Law, measurement of fluid pressure and pressure differentials, centre of pressure on submerged plane surfaces both inclined and vertical.
Fluid dynamics: classification of flow, continuity equation, energy and momentum of a fluid, Bernoulli’s equation for frictionless flow, flow measurement devices, energy losses in pipelines, gravity pipelines, pipe network analysis.
Module Overview:
This module provides you with an introduction to the inherent properties of fluids, predominantly water, both at rest and in motion, and examines the behaviour of fluids in civil engineering applications. Lectures will provide you with structure for learning while the laboratory/e-laboratory activities will foster development of practical understanding and the acquisition of knowledge through applied learning.
This module provides you with an introduction to the inherent properties of fluids, predominantly water, both at rest and in motion, and examines the behaviour of fluids in civil engineering applications. Lectures will provide you with structure for learning while the laboratory/e-laboratory activities will foster development of practical understanding and the acquisition of knowledge through applied learning.
Additional Information:The module provides students with an introduction to the inherent properties of fluids, predominantly water, both at rest and in motion and examines the behaviour of fluids in civil engineering applications. The lectures will provide the structure for learning while the laboratory activities / E laboratory activities will foster the development of practical understanding and the acquisition of knowledge, through applied learning.
Where this module is part of a Degree Apprenticeship programme, the knowledge learning outcomes are K2 and K4, the skills learning outcomes are S5.