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Fluid Mechanics and Thermophysics (3cr)

Code: 5N00BF54-3007

General information


Enrolment period
17.09.2018 - 16.10.2018
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
22.10.2018 - 31.12.2018
Implementation has ended.
Credits
3 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Bioproduct Engineering
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
English
Course
5N00BF54

Objectives (course unit)

After completing this course student:
- knows the fundamental laws of fluid mechanics and thermophysics
- can describe phenomenona by using quantities and their dependences and make justified solutions of related problems
- can calculate pressure, force and buoyancy in a fluid
- can analyze fluid flow and effects of fluid resistance
- knows the main laws of thermophysics and can predict the natural behaviour of a thermal system
- can determine the state of a system in a basic thermophysical change
- can apply heat transfer in practical situations

Content (course unit)

- Properties of static fluid, pressure and buoyancy
- Laminar and turbulent flow, continuity equation, Bernoulli´s equation
- Fluid resistance and viscosity
- Temperature, heat and fundamental thermodynamic laws
- Thermal expansion
- Ideal gas equation
- Heat capacities
- Phase changes
- Heat and humidity transfer
- Heat pumps

Prerequisites (course unit)

Mechanics

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