ENGR 305 Thermo-Fluids (3)

Required course for electrical and industrial specialties.

Catalog Description:

Integrated introduction to classical thermodynamics and basic fluid mechanics. Coverage of thermodynamics properties, the first and second laws of thermodynamics; pressure and flow measurement; fluid statics and kinematics; Bernoulli’s equation; laminar and turbulent flow; and flow in pipes.

Prerequisites:

Engineering 104 with grade of C or better; Mathematics 255.

Course Objectives: (numbers in brackets indicate the relationship to engineering program outcomes)

At the completion of the course, students will have demonstrated the ability to

• Use both the English and SI systems of units (1);
• Perform integrations (1);
• Apply the concept of static equilibrium and the equation of state (1);
• Evaluate properties and property changes of substances using appropriate tables and/or equations (1);
• Understand thermodynamic process plots on T-v, P-v, and T-s diagrams (1);
• Calculate moving boundary and flow work (1);
• Determine pressure differences from manometer data (1);
• Apply the First Law of Thermodynamics to closed systems involving work and heat transfer (2);
• Apply appropriate control volumes and the continuity and energy equations to steady-flow systems (2);
• Analyze Carnot, Otto, and Rankine cycles and their efficiencies (2);
• Calculate hydrostatic forces on submerged objects (2);
• Apply Bernoulli’s equation to determine pressures, velocities, or heights in flow fields (2);
• Calculate head losses and flow rates in piping systems (2);
• Determine operating point of pump in piping system (2);

Text book/References:

Thermal-Fluid Sciences, Cengel and Turner, McGraw-Hill.

Class/Laboratory Schedule:

Class meets three times a week for 50 minutes per meeting or two times a week for 1 hour and 15 minutes per meeting.

Topics Covered:

Week Topic

1 Introduction

2 Basic Thermodynamics Concepts

3 Properties of a Pure Substance

4 Energy Transfer

5 First Law of Thermodynamics

7 Second Law of Thermodynamics

8 Entropy

9, 10 Power and Refrigeration Cycles

11 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

12 Fluid Statics

13 Bernoulli, Energy, & Momentum Equations.

14 Pipe Flow

Contribution to Professional Component:

The course contributes toward the 1.5 years of engineering topics as a 3 credit hour course in the engineering sciences.

Relationship of course to program outcomes

The course supports engineering program outcomes 1 and 2.

Prepared by: Dr. James W. Hiestand 6-03-03