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General information

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Joan Triadó Aymerich

Trimester: Second term

Credits: 6

Teaching staff: 

Carlos Paul Recarens

Teaching languages

  • Catalan
  • Spanish

Skills

Specific skills

  • EC7: Have knowledge of applied thermodynamics and heat transfer. Its basic principles and its application to solving engineering problems.

  • EC8: Know the basic principles of fluid mechanics and their application to solving problems in the field of engineering. Calculate pipes, channels and fluid systems.

Description

The subject of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics is developed in two different sections. The first refers to the statics and dynamics of fluids where the fundamental principles of general mechanics applied to the behavior of fluids, both at rest and in motion, are explained. These principles are those of the conservation of matter, energy and Newton's laws of motion applied to the study of incompressible fluids. The fields of application in engineering are very diverse: transport of fluids in pipelines, biological fluids, ships, etc.

The other part refers to the study of the thermodynamic properties of solids, liquids and gases. Applying the principles of conservation of matter and energy, the three principles of thermodynamics are developed in both their theoretical and practical content.


 

Contents

1. FLUID STATICS

 

Description

Introduction and basic concepts.
Properties of fluids.
Hydrostatic pressure.
Hydrostatic forces.
Buoyancy and stability.

 

  

Related activities

Class of theoretical explanation with examples in Large Group.
Small group problem solving class.
Small group laboratory practice class

 

  

2. FLUID DYNAMICS

 

  

Description

Introduction to fluid kinematics.
Power lines and tubes.
Fluid flow graphs.
Reynolds transport theorem.
Mass conservation equation
Bernoulli equation. Venturi tube. Pitot tube.
General energy equation.
Newton's laws.
Conservation of the amount of movement.

 

  

Related activities

Class of theoretical explanation with examples in Large Group.
Small group problem solving class.
Small group laboratory practice class

 

  

4. THERMODYNAMICS

 

  

Description

Introduction to thermodynamics.
Temperature and zero law of thermodynamics.
Heat and First Law of Thermodynamics.
Second law of thermodynamics.
Entropy.
Thermal machines.

 

  

Related activities

Class of theoretical explanation with examples in Large Group.
Small group problem solving class.
Small group laboratory practice class

 

  

Evaluation system

The evaluation system consists of three parts identified as follows. An exam at the end of the term in which all the content of the subject is assessed. A problem solving session is held individually in the middle of the term. A group presentation related to a specific topic that will be provided to the group.

The final grade is the weighted sum between the final exam, the solved problems and the group presentation, with the following percentage:

FINAL GRADE = EXAM x 0,6 + PROBLEMS x 0,2 + PRESENTATION x 0,2

There will be an extraordinary exam recovery session for all students who do not pass the subject in the ordinary assessment.

The grade of this recovery will replace the exam grade obtained in the ordinary assessment.

 

REFERENCES

Basic

Fluid Mechanics. Fundamentals and Applications. Yunus A. Çengel, John M. Cimbala. Ed. Mac Graw Hill

Thermodynamics. Yunes A. Çengel, Michael A. Boles. Ed. Mc Graw Hill.

Notes on Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics. Carles Paul

Complementary

Fluid Mechanics. Robert L. Mott. Ed. Pearson