## MEC E 230 - Introduction to Thermo-Fluid Sciences **Subject & Number:** MEC E 230 **Title:** Introduction to Thermo-Fluid Sciences **Course Career** **Units**: 3 **Approved Hours:** 3-1S-0 **Fee index:** 8 **Faculty:** [Faculty of Engineering]{.mark} **Department:** **Typically Offered:** EITH/SP/SU ### Calendar Description [Introduction to modes of heat transfer. One dimensional heat conduction. Heat transfer from surfaces. Introduction to fluid mechanics. Fluid properties. Fluid statics. Use of control volumes. Internal flows. Prerequisites: MATH 101, EN PH 131.]{.mark} ### Asynchronous & synchronous course content delivery [Lectures will be delivered synchronously in class. Lecture notes will be posted at the end of each week for asynchronous review.]{.mark} [Seminar worksheets and demonstration videos (where applicable) will be posted the week of each scheduled seminar for asynchronous review. During scheduled synchronous seminars, solutions to seminar worksheets will be presented by the TAs.]{.mark} [In the case of instructor illness, lecture or seminar materials will be made available on eClass for asynchronous consumption.]{.mark} ### Course Objectives & General Content [General Content:]{.underline} The course provides an introduction to thermal and fluids engineering, including applied thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics. Further details of the course content are presented on a week-by-week basis in the attached course schedule. [Assignments:]{.underline} See attached schedule. Assignment questions will be selected from the textbook and posted on eClass one week before the date due. Assignments are due no later than 17:00 (5 pm) Mountain Time, on the dates specified in the course schedule. Please submit assignments electronically through eClass as PDF files. No late assignments will be accepted for any reason. Full solutions will be available on eClass for all assignments after the day due. The best 8 of 9 assignment marks will be used in calculating final grades. [Seminars:]{.underline} See attached schedule. Seminars will be used to provide demonstrations of fundamental concepts and to work through sample exercises relevant to the midterm and final exams. On the day of each scheduled seminar, students must complete a short seminar quiz accessed through the course eClass page by no later than 23:59 (11:59 pm) Mountain Time. The best 6 of 7 seminar marks will be used in calculating final grades. ### Learning Outcomes 1. Draw appropriate control volume diagrams for real-world thermo-fluid systems, such as a car engine 2. Explain the concepts of mass, energy, work and heat at macroscopic and atomistic levels 3. Write mass and energy conservation equations for thermo-fluid systems 4. Apply inductive reasoning of electrical circuits to heat conduction and convection models 5. Calculate heat loss through a variety of real world systems, such as a house wall 6. Estimate cooling/heating rates of materials using lumped-capacitance models 7. Explain the concepts of fluid density, pressure, viscosity and surface tension 8. Calculate buoyancy and forces exerted on solids inside liquids 9. Use the conservation of linear momentum to estimate forces exerted on solids 10. Use the conservation of energy principle to estimate the energy requirements for a variety of engineering systems ### Textbooks and References [[Mandatory:]{.underline}]{.mark} - Introduction to Thermal and Fluids Engineering, 1st Edition, by Deborah A. Kaminski and Michael K. Jensen, 2005\*, John Wiley & Sons. > \*The 2017 printing is also OK. - A customized, paperback version of the textbook labeled \'Updated Edition\' is available through the university bookstore and can be used in place of the full, hardcover textbook. - Copies of the textbook are available for short loan at Cameron library. ### Assessment Details -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Activity** **(A)Synchronous** **Due/Scheduled** **Weight** ------------------- -------------------- ------------------- ------------- Assignments Asynchronous See attached 15% schedule Seminars Asynchronous See attached 5% schedule Midterm Exam Synchronous October 20th 25% Final Exam Synchronous December 15th 55% -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### Course Accreditation Units The current total and individual Accreditation Unit (AU) counts for this course are: ----------------------------------------------------------------- **Total** **Math** **NS** **ES** **ED** **CS** ------------- ------------- -------- ---------- -------- -------- 44.1 11 33.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ### Course Graduate Attributes The Graduate Attributes (GAs) developed in this course are: --------------------------------------------------------------- **\#** **Graduate Attribute** **Level (I, D, A)** -------- ------------------------------------------ ----------- 1 A knowledge base for engineering (KB): D 2 Problem analysis (PA): D 3 Investigation (IN): I 4 Design (DE): 5 Use of engineering tools (ET): 6 Individual and team work (TW): 7 Communication skills (CS): 8 Professionalism (PR): 9 Impact of engineering on society and the environment (IS): 10 Ethics and equity (EE): 11 Economics and project management (EP): 12 Life-long learning (LL): --------------------------------------------------------------- ### Course Schedule +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > **Week** | > **Topics Covered** | > **Textbook | > **Assignments** | > **Seminars** | | | | > Sections** | | | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > 1 September 6,8 | > Introduction to | > 1.1-1.5 | > **A1** | > \-\-- | | | > Thermofluids/ | | > | | | | > | | > Due: Sept. 15 | | | | > Control Volumes | | | | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > 2 September 11, | > The Natural Sciences | > 2.1-2.4, | > **A2** | > **S1** Control | | > 13, 15 | > of Work, Energy, | > 2.8-2.11, 3.1 | > | > Volumes | | | > | | > Due: Sept. 22 | > September 13, | | | > and Heat | | | > 15 | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > 3 September 18, | > Mechanisms of Heat | > 3.2-3.4, | > **A3** | > **S2** Work | | > 20, 22 | > Transfer/Heat | > 11.2-11.4 | > | > September 20, | | | > | | > Due: Sept. 29 | > 22 | | | > Conduction | | | | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > 4 September 25, | > Heat | > 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 | > **A4** | > \-\-- | | > 27, 29 | > Convection/Lumped | | > | | | | > Systems | | > Due: Oct. 6 | | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > 5 October 2, 4, | > Introduction to Fluid | > 2.5, 4.1 | > **A5** | > **S3** Lumped | | > 6 | > Mechanics/Fluid | | > | > Systems October | | | > | | > Due: Oct. 13 | > 4, 6 | | | > Properties | | | | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > 6 October 11, | > Fluid Statics | > 4.2 | > \-\-- | > **S4** | | > 13 | | | | > Viscosity | | | | | | > October 11, 13 | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > 7 October 16, | > Fluid Statics | > 4.2 | > \-\-- | > \-\-- | | > 18 | | | | | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > **MIDTERM EXAM: Friday, October 20^th^, 12:00-12:50** | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > 8 October 23, | > Fluid Statics | > 4.2, 4.3 | > **A6** | > \-\-- | | > 25, 27 | | | > | | | | | | > Due: Nov. 3 | | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > 9 Oct. 30; Nov. | > Open Fluid | > 4.3, 4.4 | > **A7** | > **S5** Buoyancy | | > 1, 3 | > Systems/Mass | | > | > November 1, 3 | | | > Conservation | | > Due: Nov. 10 | | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > 10 November 6, | > Conservation of | > 4.5, 4.6 | > **A8** | > \-\-- | | > 8, 10 | > Energy/Bernoulli's | | > | | | | > Eqn | | > Due: Nov. 24 | | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > **READING WEEK: November 13^th^ -- 17^th^ (NO LECTURES OR SEMINARS)** | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > 11 November 20, | > Conservation of | > 4.8 | > **A9** | > **S6** Tank | | > 22, 24 | > Linear Momentum | | > | > Draining | | | | | > Due: Dec. 8 | > November 22, 24 | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > 12 Nov. 27, 29; | > Linear | > 9.1-9.6 | > \-\-- | > **S7** | | > Dec. 1 | > Momentum/Introduction | | | > Deflecting Jet | | | > to Internal Flows | | | > Nov. 29, Dec. 1 | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > 13 December 4, | > Introduction to | > 9.7-9.9 | > \-\-- | > \-\-- | | > 6, 8 | > Internal Flows | | | | +-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | > **FINAL EXAM: Friday, December 15^th^, 9:00-11:00 (tentative)** | +===================+=========================+===================+===================+===================+