 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
Semester 1
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| Assessment:
| EX 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | ME30031 Re-Assessment Examination (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must take ME20022 |
| Description:
| Aims:
To understand how thermodynamics and fluid mechanics can be applied to engineering systems.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Calculate pressure losses and flow distributions in duct/pipe networks.
* Perform cavitation calculations on simple systems.
* Calculate the thermodynamic properties of gas-vapour mixtures.
* Perform combustion calculations involving dissociation.
* Carry out 2nd Law analysis on systems.
* Perform compressible flow calculations including the effects of friction and heat transfer.
Skills:
Problem solving; numeracy; working independently.
Content:
Pipe flows and networks. Cavitation. Gas vapour mixtures. Exergy Combustion. Rayleigh flow. Fanno flow.
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Programme availability:
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ME30031 is Compulsory on the following programmes:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
- UEME-AFB16 : BEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering (Full-time) - Year 3
- UEME-AKB16 : BEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering (Thick Sandwich) - Year 4
- UEME-AFM16 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering (Full-time) - Year 3
- UEME-AKM16 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering (Thick Sandwich) - Year 4
- UEME-AFM17 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with French (Full-time) - Year 3
- UEME-AKM17 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with French (Thick Sandwich) - Year 4
- UEME-AFM18 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with German (Full-time) - Year 3
- UEME-AKM18 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with German (Thick Sandwich) - Year 4
ME30031 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Mathematical Sciences
- TSMA-AFM08 : MSc Modern Applications of Mathematics (Full-time) - Year 1
- TSMA-AFL02 : PG Dip Modern Applications of Mathematics (Full-time) - Year 1
Department of Mechanical Engineering
- UEME-AFM04 : MEng (hons) Aerospace Engineering (Full-time) - Year 4
- UEME-AKM04 : MEng (hons) Aerospace Engineering (Thick Sandwich) - Year 5
- UEME-AFM05 : MEng (hons) Aerospace Engineering with French (Full-time) - Year 4
- UEME-AKM05 : MEng (hons) Aerospace Engineering with French (Thick Sandwich) - Year 5
- UEME-AFM06 : MEng (hons) Aerospace Engineering with German (Full-time) - Year 4
- UEME-AKM06 : MEng (hons) Aerospace Engineering with German (Thick Sandwich) - Year 5
- UEME-AFM41 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with Advanced Design and Innovation (Full-time) - Year 4
- UEME-AKM41 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with Advanced Design and Innovation (Thick Sandwich) - Year 5
- UEME-AFM42 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with Advanced Design, Innovation and French (Full-time) - Year 4
- UEME-AKM42 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with Advanced Design, Innovation and French (Thick Sandwich) - Year 5
- UEME-AFM43 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with Advanced Design, Innovation and German (Full-time) - Year 4
- UEME-AKM43 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with Advanced Design, Innovation and German (Thick Sandwich) - Year 5
- UEME-AFM38 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management (Full-time) - Year 4
- UEME-AKM38 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management (Thick Sandwich) - Year 5
- UEME-AFM39 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing, Management and French (Full-time) - Year 4
- UEME-AKM39 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing, Management and French (Thick Sandwich) - Year 5
- UEME-AFM40 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing, Management and German (Full-time) - Year 4
- UEME-AKM40 : MEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing, Management and German (Thick Sandwich) - Year 5
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