Course detail

Fluid Engineering

FSI-LFI-A Acad. year: 2021/2022 Winter semester

The aim of the course is to present the basic properties of fluids and flow and their usage in different industrial and agricultural applications.
Basic equations of hydrodynamics are the starting point for the analysis and description of principles of hydraulic and pneumatic elements, machines and mechanisms.

Department

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The knowledge of applied hydrodynamics and the basic hydraulic elements and mechanisms principle

Prerequisites

Basics in hydrodynamics, thermo mechanics and the body dynamics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit and Examination (written exam), ECTS evaluation

Language of instruction

English

Aims

To extend the knowledge gained in the basic course of hydromechanics. Learn how to work with different notation of basic equations describing fluid flow and to use them in solving suitably chosen exercises. To deepen knowledge of interconnection of mathematical description of physical processes connected with fluid flow.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Seminars and written tasks on the excercises

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-ENG-A: Mechanical Engineering, Master's
branch ---: no specialisation, 6 credits, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. The conception of macroscopic element. The motion equation of macroscopic element.
2. The Conservation law. The Euler and Lagrange continuum theory.
3. Bernoulli equation, dissipation function.
4. The disc pump principle.
5. Cavitation, beneficial work of viscous forces.
6. Bernoulli equation in the relative system (rotation).
7. The centrifugal pump principle.
8. The forces on the through flow solid surface and element.
9. Forces and the application for the jet.
10. The Pelton turbine principle.
11. Compressibility of fluid, the weight conservation law application for the jet and air lift pump.
12. Wave equation, water hammer and their application.
13. The sound waves transmission in the liquid.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

The Bernoulli equation application for the pipeline system solution. The Bernoulli equation application for flow in the jet – pulse jet. The disc pump – basic characteristics. Bezier curves and surfaces. Rotary pump – basic characteristics. Water ejector – design. Pelton turbine – basic characteristics. Air lift pump – design, the weight conservation law application for the compressible liquid. Gas accumulators and its characteristics. The water hammer application – the hydraulic ram.