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MEC3904 Mechanical Practice 4

Semester 2, 2020 On-campus Toowoomba
Short Description: Mechanical Practice 4
Units : 0
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
School or Department : School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Student contribution band : Band 2
ASCED code : 030799 - Mechanical, Industrial Enginee
Grading basis : Pass/Not Pass

Staffing

Examiner:

Requisites

Pre-requisite: MEC3102 or MEC2106 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GDNS or MENS or MEPR

Rationale

The successful practice of the profession of Mechanical Engineering requires a clear understanding of the relationship between engineering and engineering practice. An ability to recognise when a particular theory is applicable and an ability to accommodate the deviations from the theory that occur in the real world is essential. Some knowledge of a wide range of practical techniques, proprietary devices, materials, construction methods etc is also necessary. The engineer must be able to assess a complex situation, identify the critical elements and develop a workable, cost effective solution. All of this requires considerable self-confidence, and the ability to work with and lead teams.

Synopsis

This course aims at providing you with practical skills needed in many industrial processes. The course is designed to help you review and apply some of the basics of fluid mechanics and heat transfer to practical situations. You will conduct five tasks through which you will gain practical experience with flow visualization, measuring velocity of fluids (gases or liquids), pressures, forces due to fluids and temperature of a fluid or a solid. You will also learn how to experimentally estimate flow rates in pipes and ducts, head losses in fluid systems, and heat flux in steady and transient thermal systems. You will work as part of a team and will be given the opportunity to lead the team.

This course contains a mandatory residential school for external students and mandatory on-campus laboratories or practical classes for on-campus students.

Objectives

The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course, students should be able to:

  1. conduct tests in accord with a general requirement;
  2. measure a variety of engineering quantities of an importance to many engineering processes such as pressure, velocity, temperature, forces, flow rate etc;
  3. report on and discuss your findings;
  4. participate constructively in and lead a team.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Liquid flow rate measurements 20.00
2. Measuring forces due to the flow of fluids 20.00
3. Flow rate of gases and forces due to the flow of gases over bodies 20.00
4. Head losses in straight pipes and fittings 20.00
5. Measuring temperature and estimate heat flux 20.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2020&sem=02&subject1=MEC3904)

Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)

There are no texts or materials required for this course.

Reference materials

Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the course and enrich their learning experience.
Fox, RW, Pritchard, PJ & McDonald, AT 2015, Fox and McDonald's introduction to fluid mechanics, 9th edn, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J.
Holman, JP 2012, Experimental methods for engineers, 8th edn, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Kreith, F, Manglik, RM & Bohn, MS 2018, Principles of heat transfer, 8th edn, Cengage Learning, Stamford, CT.
(SI version.)
Mott, RL 2015, Applied fluid mechanics, 7th Global edn, Pearson, Boston Massachusetts.

Student workload expectations

Activity Hours
Directed 精东传媒app 5.00
Laboratory or Practical Classes 20.00
Private 精东传媒app 25.00

Assessment details

Description Marks out of Wtg (%) Due Date Objectives Assessed Notes
Res School/Lab Participation 1 100 14 Jul 2020 1,2,3,4 (see note 1)

Notes
  1. The dates and location of the mandatory residential school are available from the Residential School Timetable (http://www.usq.edu.au/handbook/current/resschoolsched.html).

Important assessment information

  1. Attendance requirements:
    External students must attend the mandatory residential school and on-campus students must attend the mandatory on-campus laboratories or practical classes. It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratories and practical work) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.

  2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
    To satisfactorily complete the assessment item students must achieve a mark of 1 out of 1 for that assessment item.

  3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
    Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4)

  4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
    To be assured of receiving a passing grade students must attend and participate in the mandatory residential school or on-campus laboratories or practical classes and achieve a mark of 1 out of 1 for the assessment item.

  5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
    As P is the only passing grade available for this course, all students who are qualified for a passing grade, under the requirements in 4 above, will be given a grade of P. Other students will be given either a Failing grade or an Incomplete grade.

  6. Examination information:
    There is no examination in this course.

  7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
    Not applicable.

  8. 精东传媒app Student Policies:
    Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene 精东传媒app policies and practices. These policies can be found at .

Assessment notes

  1. Students must familiarise themselves with the USQ Assessment Procedures (.

  2. Harvard (AGPS) is the referencing system required in this course. Students should use Harvard (AGPS) style in their assignments to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The Harvard (AGPS) style to be used is defined by the USQ Library's referencing guide.


  3. As part of the mandatory residential school, students may be expected to undertake a combination of lectures, tutorials, laboratories, practical classes and assessment as advised by the course examiner.

Date printed 6 November 2020