School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Fluid Mechanics
  • Unit Code

    ENS6100
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Mehdi KHIADANI

Description

This unit covers the basic principles and essential concepts of fluid mechanics. Students will be given real-world engineering examples to demonstrate how their knowledge of fluid mechanics can be applied to engineering projects. Foundational physics principles will be emphasised in developing a fundamental understanding of fluid mechanics.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENM5218

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Use various properties of flows and flow systems, including dimensional and momentum analysis, in order to determine flow-system requirements.
  2. Analyse flow movement in open channels, in order to design the most effective hydraulic sections.
  3. Examine the requirements of a flow system in order to select an appropriate turbomachine for a system.
  4. Work collaboratively to report on the technical findings of experimental testing and modelling in the field of fluid mechanics.

Unit Content

  1. Basic concepts of fluid mechanics, properties of fluids, pressure and fluid statics.
  2. Open-channel flow: flow classification, Froude number, specific energy, uniform flow and the best hydraulic cross sections.
  3. Mass, Bernoulli, and Energy equations.
  4. Momentum analysis of flow systems including linear and angular momentum equations.
  5. Turbomachinery: classification of turbomachines; pumps and turbines; performances curves; cavitation and net positive suction head; pumps in series and parallel; scaling and affinity laws.
  6. External flow: lift and drag.
  7. Internal flow: flow in pipes; laminar and turbulent flows; minor losses.
  8. Fluid kinematics including Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of fluids, flow patterns and flow visualisation and the Reynolds transport theorem.
  9. Pipe networks and pump selection; series and parallel pipes; piping systems with pumps.
  10. Dimensional analysis and similarity; experimental testing and modelling.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory reports20%
TestQuizzes/tests30%
Examination ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Fluid Mechanics
  • Unit Code

    ENS6100
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Mehdi KHIADANI

Description

This unit covers the basic principles and essential concepts of fluid mechanics. Students will be given real-world engineering examples to demonstrate how their knowledge of fluid mechanics can be applied to engineering projects. Foundational physics principles will be emphasised in developing a fundamental understanding of fluid mechanics.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENM5218

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Use various properties of flows and flow systems, including dimensional and momentum analysis, in order to determine flow-system requirements.
  2. Analyse flow movement in open channels, in order to design the most effective hydraulic sections.
  3. Examine the requirements of a flow system in order to select an appropriate turbomachine for a system.
  4. Work collaboratively to report on the technical findings of experimental testing and modelling in the field of fluid mechanics.

Unit Content

  1. Basic concepts of fluid mechanics, properties of fluids, pressure and fluid statics.
  2. Open-channel flow: flow classification, Froude number, specific energy, uniform flow and the best hydraulic cross sections.
  3. Mass, Bernoulli, and Energy equations.
  4. Momentum analysis of flow systems including linear and angular momentum equations.
  5. Turbomachinery: classification of turbomachines; pumps and turbines; performances curves; cavitation and net positive suction head; pumps in series and parallel; scaling and affinity laws.
  6. External flow: lift and drag.
  7. Internal flow: flow in pipes; laminar and turbulent flows; minor losses.
  8. Fluid kinematics including Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of fluids, flow patterns and flow visualisation and the Reynolds transport theorem.
  9. Pipe networks and pump selection; series and parallel pipes; piping systems with pumps.
  10. Dimensional analysis and similarity; experimental testing and modelling.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory reports20%
TestQuizzes/tests30%
Examination ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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