MA2003IntroductiontoThermoFluids

TeachingPlanSemester1(2016/2017)

Instructors: Anutosh Chakraborty and Marcos (coordinator)

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Contents
Basic Concepts and Definitions
1.1 Definition and Application Areas
1.2 Closed and Open Systems
1.3 Properties of a System
1.4 State and Equilibrium
1.5 State Postulate
1.6 Process and Cycle
1.7 Forms of Energy
1.8 Dimension and Units
1.9 Temperature Scale
Properties of Pure Substances and Ideal Gas
Equation
2.1 Pure Substances
2.2 Phases
2.3 Phase Change
2.4 Property Diagrams
2.5 Property Tables

Reading
Assignment
Textbook
examples 1-1 to
1-9
Lecture note
examples

Textbook
examples 3-1 to
3-12
Lecture note
examples

Tutorial
NA

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Properties of Pure Substances and Ideal Gas

Equation (cont'd)
2.6 Ideal Gas Equation of State
2.7 Deviation from Ideal Gas Behavior
2.8 Specific Heats
2.9 Specific Heats for Ideal Gas Model
2.10 Specific Heats for Incompressible Substance
Model (for solids and liquids)
Energy Transfer by Heat and Work; First Law for
Closed System
3.1 Energy Concepts
3.2 Heat Transfer
3.3 Energy Transfer by Work
3.4 Mechanical Forms of Work
3.5 Non mechanical forms of Work
3.6 First Law of Thermodynamics
Energy Transfer by Heat and Work; First Law for
Closed System (cont'd)
3.7 Energy Balance for Closed Systems

Mass and Energy Analysis of Control Volumes

4.1 Conservation of Mass Principle
4.2 Energy Transfer by Mass Flow
4.3 First Law for Control Volumes (Flow Systems)

Textbook
examples, 2-3 to
2-7, 2-9, 4-1 to
4-13
Lecture note
examples

Textbook
examples 4-1 to
4-13

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Mass and Energy Analysis of Control Volumes

(cont'd)
4.4 Mass and Energy Balance for Steady-State,
Steady-Flow Control Volumes (SSCVs)
4.5 Some Steady-Flow Engineering Devices
4.6 Unsteady Flow Processes (qualitative treatment
only)
4.7 Cycles
Continual Assessment (Thermodynamic section at
TBD )

Lecture note
examples
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Introduction to Fluids
Properties of fluid

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1.1; 1.3; 1.4; 1.6;

1.8
Recess (26/09/16 - 30/09/16)

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Fluids at Rest
Free surface, hydrostatic pressure, pressure
variation
Application of Hydrostatics (1)
Manometer, forces on surfaces.

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Application of Hydrostatics (2)

Forces on surfaces

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2.1 2.4
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2.5 2.8

2.8 2.10
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Application of Hydrostatics (3)

Buoyancy and Stability

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Continual Assessment (Fluids section at TBD )

2.11

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Fluids in Rigid Body Motion

Linear and rotational motion
Bernoullis Equation
Assumptions and concepts, static, dynamic,
stagnation pressure

2.12 2.13

Application to Bernoullis Equation (1)

Pitot-static tube, confined flow, conservation of
mass

3.6; 5.1

Application to Bernoullis Equation (2)

Vapor pressure and cavitation

3.8 3.9

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4.3 4.4; 5.1

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System and Control Volumes

Reynolds transport theorem

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Review

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3.1 3.5
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Closed-book Examination (Friday, 25 November 2016 @ 2.30 pm)
Remember to bring along calculator and matriculation card

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