School of Mechanical Engineering

University of Western Australia

Thermofluids 3
(Formerly 630.306)
Semester 1 2006
Course Lecturers: Dr Angus Tavner, Ms Margot Jupp
Unit co-ordinator: Dr Angus Tavner, e-mail: angus.tavner@uwa.edu.au , Tel 6488 3115

Contact summary:
26 Lectures, 26 tutorials, 3 x 2hr laboratory classes.

Assessment summary:
50% Final Exam, Open notes, 3 hours
15% Tutorial assignments (3 x 5%)
15% Laboratory classes (3 x 5%)
20% Pump assignments (5% + 15%)

Unit Content:
Techniques for predicting the behaviour of gas mixtures with particular application to
air-conditioning systems, evaporative cooling, and combustion of fuels;
Evaporation, Humidity, and Psychrometry;
Refrigeration and Heat pump systems;
Rotodynamic Pumps.

Generic skills:
This unit has been designed to reinforce and extend the following generic skills:
Ability to think logically;
Ability to synthesise solutions to new problems; [tutorials, exam]
Ability to question accepted wisdom; [lectures, assignment]
Ability to work as part of a team; [laboratory classes]
Ability to communicate effectively in writing; [assignments]
Recognition of the social and environmental context of the core subject material; [lectures,
assignments]
Ability to understand the consequences of assumptions made during analysis.

Contact Hours:
Lectures: Tuesday 1400, ELT 1
Thursday 1500, Tattersall
Tutorials: See unit web page.

Laboratory classes:
Air conditioning,
Ricardo Engine test,
Pumps.
See the unit web page for timetabling details. DON’T believe the Central timetable!
Assessment:
Exam
The final course exam is open note: candidates may bring any unit-related material they wish to
the exam. The exam will not test memory, but will require candidates to apply the techniques and
knowledge developed during this unit to types of problem that they might not have encountered
previously.
Assignments
The assignments require independent research on topics associated with the unit subject material.
Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in assimilating information from
different sources to produce a short, coherent, and logically structured argument in written form.
They will also involve providing solutions to problems and short explanatory notes to
demonstrate full understanding. There will be four assignments, distributed throughout the
semester.
Laboratory Classes
There are no formal reports required, students must carry out the experiments, complete the
analysis of results, and draw appropriate conclusions to the satisfaction of the laboratory
supervisor.

Textbooks:
Haywood – Thermodynamic Tables in SI units, CUP

Recommended Reading:
Igor J. Karassik and Terry McGuire - Centrifugal Pumps 2nd ed.
Rogers and Mayhew – Engineering Thermodynamics 4th Edition, Longman
Cengel and Boles – Thermodynamics: an Engineering Approach, McGraw Hill
Cengel and Turner – Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid sciences, McGraw Hill

Notes and tutorial solutions:

Summarised unit notes, tutorial questions and solutions will be available on the unit web page.

Penalties:
Non-attendance at laboratory classes will result in a zero mark for that class.
Late assignments will not be marked unless there are extenuating circumstances.

Assumed prior knowledge:

Content of Thermofluids 209 (630.209) or Applied Thermodynamics 200 (630.200), or
equivalent.

Unit Web page:

http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/courses/TF306/

Details of the Faculty'

s Scaling Policy can be found at:
http://www.ecm.uwa.edu.au/for/staff/pol/assess

The Faculty Policy on Plagiarism can be found at:

http://www.ecm.uwa.edu.au/for/staff/pol/plagiarism
Under new regulations in 2005, the plagiarism policy will be rigidly enforced.

The Faculty Policy for Appeals can be found at:

http://www.ecm.uwa.edu.au/for/staff/pol/exam_appeals)

acrt Feb 2006