Aims

The aims of the course are to:

• Introduce the basic language of fluid dynamics (lift, drag, pressure, streamlines etc.).
• Familiarise students with the scope and applications of thermodynamics.
• Introduce the control volume concept
• Teach the conservation of mass, momentum and energy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics, both for systems and for control volumes.
• Show how velocity and pressure are related.
• Teach the properties and behaviour of substances, especially of ideal gases.
• Examine engineering applications, such as buoyancy, flow measurement, lift and drag forces, etc.
• Demonstrate the application of the basic principles of Thermodynamics to the analysis of simple cycles.

Objectives

As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:

• Understand the concepts of mass, momentum, heat, work, energy and entropy in Thermofluid Mechanics.
• Understand the basic principles of hydrostatics.
• Understand how to use manometers and other instruments/tehcniques for the investigation of fluid flows.
• Identify a thermofluid system or control volume and the flows of mass, momentum, heat and work that are associated with a given problem.
• Understand the origin of lift and drag
• Apply the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics to a system
• Evaluate entropy changes for reversible and irreversible processes.
• Decide when Bernoulli's equation is applicable to a fluid flow and then apply it.
• Understand the behaviour of pure substances, the meaning of selected properties (p,v,s, T,u,h) and their use in analyses, and how to determine their values using thermodynamic tables and analytical expressions (e.g. pv = RT).
• Understand the use of the isentropic relations for perfect gases.
• Understand the fundamental relationships of fluid dynamics and apply them to engineering problems.
• Perform thermodynamic analyses for ideal cycles such as the Otto ("gasoline engine"), Diesel and Joule ("gas turbine") cycles.

Content

PART 1 – FLUID MECHANICS (Dr N Atkins)

Introduction to Thermofluid Mechanics (1.0L)

• The significance of Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics
• What is a fluid? 
• Forces in fluids. 
• Terminology of Fluid Dynamics.

Fluid Statics (Hydrostatics) (2.0L)

• Basic equations. 
• Variation of pressure with depth. 
• Manometers and barometers.
• Forces on submerged bodies. 
• Buoyancy and Archimedes' principle. 

Control volume approach (1.0L)

• Systems and control volumes.
• Conservation of mass in control volumes. 

Steady momentum equation (2.0L)

• Newton's 2nd law applied to control volumes (steady flow momentum equation). 
• Steady momentum equation in two dimensions. 

Bernoulli's equation (2.0L)

• Derivation.
• Applications (Venturi, discharge, flow measurement). 
• Open channel flows.

Curved Streamlines (1.0L)

• Coanda effect. 
• Magnus effect. 
• Circulation and lift. 

Summary and examples (1.0L)

PART II – THERMODYNAMICS (1.0L) (Dr C Hall, Lectures 11 – 24)

Introduction and Fundamental Concepts (1L)

• What is Thermodynamics?
• The scope of Thermodynamics.
• Classical Thermodynamics versus Molecular Thermodynamics.
• Thermodynamic Systems, Properties and Thermodynamic State.
• Thermodynamic Equilibrium, The Two-property rule.

The First Law of Thermodynamics (1L)

• Work, Heat and Energy.
• General statement of the First Law for a closed system.
• Cyclic processes, adiabatic processes.

Property Relations and Ideal Gases (1L)

• Pure substances and phases.
• Definition of enthalpy (H), specific heat capacities.
• Ideal gas relations: perfect and semi-perfect gases.

Application of the 1st Law to Perfect Gases (1L)

• Isobaric, isochoric and isothermal processes.
• Adiabatic compression and expansion.
• Polytropic processes.

The Second Law of Thermodynamic (1.5L)

• Reversible and irreversible processes.
• The Kelvin-Planck and Clausius statements of the Second Law.
• Heat engines, refrigerators and heat pumps.
• Cycle efficiency and coefficient of performance.
• The Carnot cycle.

Temperature (0.5L)

• The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics.
• Empirical temperature scales, the perfect gas temperature scale.
• Thermodynamic temperature. Temperature measurement.

Entropy (2L)

• Revision of 1st and 2nd Laws
• The Clausius Inequality.
• The definition of entropy (S)
• Entropy changes for reversible and irreversible processes.

Application and Interpretation of Entropy (1L)

• The “Tds” equations. Entropy of a perfect gas.
• Entropy changes of isolated systems: principle of maximum entropy.
• Molecular interpretation

Applications I: Reciprocating internal combustion engines (1L)

• Spark ignition and compression ignition engines.
• The Air-standard cycles: Otto and Diesel.
• Practical considerations.

Control volume analysis (1L)

• Mass conservation revisited.
• First Law applied to control volumes

Steady Flow Processes (1L)

• The steady flow energy equation (SFEE).
• Throttling processes; compressors and turbines

The Second Law for Control Volumes (1L)

• Entropy changes for flow processes.
• Steady reversible and irreversible flow.
• Isentropic flow.

The Applications II: Gas Turbines and Jet Engines (1L)

• The air-standard Joule cycle.
• The jet engine.

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