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General information

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Joan Triadó Aymerich

Trimester: Second term

Credits: 6

Teaching staff: 

Carlos Paul Recarens

Academic year: 2025

Teaching course: 2

Languages ​​of instruction

  • Spanish
  • Catalan

Competencies / Learning Outcomes

Specific skills

  • K7. Identify the basic principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer (conduction, convection and radiation) that are applied to solving engineering problems in real installations.

  • K8. Recognize the basic principles of fluid mechanics that are applied in engineering.

  • S8. Apply the basic principles of fluid mechanics in solving engineering problems of real installations (calculation of pipes, channels and fluid systems).

  • C9. Apply spelling and grammatical rules, distinguishing the main oral and written communicative registers in an academic environment.

  • C28. Evaluate solutions in the field of industrial technical engineering from a gender perspective, also considering the inequalities resulting from any other diversity existing in our society and being sensitive to this reality.

General competencies

  • TS7. The student will use different sources of information reliably, being able to select and identify the most truthful and relevant for each situation and area of specialization, as well as being able to use information technologies to disseminate and create content.

Presentation of the subject

The Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics subject 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 within engineering are very diverse: fluid transport in pipes, 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 zeroth 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

 

  

Activities and evaluation system

The evaluation system consists of three parts identified as follows. An exam at the end of the term in which the entire content of the subject is evaluated. A session of individually solved problems is held 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 of the final exam, the solved problems and the group presentation, with the following weights:

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.

The subject is taught in person and, therefore, class attendance is essential. In the same way that attendance at practical activities is essential.

Bibliography

Basic

Notes on Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics. Carles Paul

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.

Complementary

Fluid Mechanics. Robert L. Mott. Ed. Pearson