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ENG580 - Applied Fluid Mechanics

2025

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Engineering

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

(ENG480)

Prerequisites

Incompatible

Assumed Knowledge

ENG247

Unit Description

This unit deals with the analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of complex fluid mechanics equipment and machinery. It covers both incompressible and compressible aerodynamics: high speed flow of an ideal gas in pipe with friction and heat transfer; normal shock waves; the characteristics of subsonic and supersonic flow; and application of fluid momentum principle to the analysis of Turbomachinery. Incompressible aerodynamics includes the boundary layer theory; flow separated, lift and drag on bodies. Compressible flow of ideal gas includes isentropic flow; normal shock waves; flow through a convergence-divergence nozzle; Rayleigh flow; Fanno flow; Prandtl-Meyer flow and unsteady shock waves. Turbomachines dealt with include centrifugal pumps; axial-flow pumps and fans. Students will calculate and analyze the interaction forces between the body of objects and the fluid flow.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Examine the behaviour of viscous fluid flow over immersed objects and evaluate the effects of induced forces.
2.	Critically analyse and evaluate thermodynamic characteristics of compressible flows under the influence of varying direction, heat transfer and friction.
3.	Critically analyse and evaluate the performance of impeller blades for axial and centrifugal fluid machinery.
4.	Apply discipline theories and methods to the problems of designing, implementing, operating and maintaining mechanical systems in industrial contexts.
5.	Effective communicate ideas and principles related to applied fluid mechanics.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Quiz (30 minutes)	5%	1,4
2.	Assignment - Compressible flow (1000 words)	20%	1,4,5
3.	Assignment - flow over immersed bodies (1000 words)	20%	2,4,5
4.	Assignment - Introduction to turbomachinery (1000 words)	20%	3,4,5
5.	Final Test (2 hours)	35%	1,2,3,4,5

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2025	Semester 1	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR	View
2025	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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