Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Module Offerings
4507NCCG-APR-PAR
4507NCCG-JAN-PAR
4507NCCG-SEP-PAR
4507NCCG-SEP_NS-PAR
Aims
This module introduces students to the fluid mechanics techniques used in mechanical engineering. The hydraulic devices and systems that incorporate the transmission of hydraulic pressure and forces exerted by a static fluid on immersed surfaces. Topics included in this module are: pressure and force, submerged surfaces, fluid flow theory, aerodynamics, and hydraulic machinery.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Determine the behavioural characteristics of static fluid systems.
2.
Examine the operating principles and limitations of viscosity measuring devices.
3.
Investigate the behaviours of different types of fluid flow including laminar and turbulent flow, and Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Pressure and force: Pascal’s laws, measurement of pressure, hydraulic devices
Submerged surfaces: thrust, centre of pressure, moments of area and parallel axis theorem
Viscosity: dynamic and kinematic, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, effect of temperature, measurement of viscosity
Fluid flow: Bernoulli’s equation, laminar and turbulent flow, Reynolds number, head loss in pipelines, drag on surfaces
Hydraulic machines: turbines, reciprocating machines