Thermal-Fluid Sciences: Modeling

7 ECTS credits
195 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1009404BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Om te kunnen inschrijven voor Warmte- en stromingsleer: modelleren moet men ingeschreven of geslaagd zijn voor Warmte- en stromingsleer: basisbegrippen, voor het technologieproject Werktuigkunde en Elektrotechniek (vereiste voor studenten AR werktuigkunde-elektrotechniek) of Leefmilietechnologie en duurzame materialen (vereiste voor studenten AR chemie en materialen) en voor 1 van de 3 overige technologieprojecten.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen

Department

Applied Mechanics

Educational team

Ken Broeckhoven
Julien Blondeau
Mark Runacres (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

42 contact hours Lecture
46 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals

Course Content

The following topics will be covered during the course:

Thermodynamics (TD): advanced equation of state, Maxwell equations, second law and entropy production, exergy, advanced cycles (regeneration, adsorption, Linde), introduction to combustion and humid air.
Heat and Mass Transfer (HMT): conduction in multiple dimensions, static and dynamic HT/MT, HMT coupled with flows in forced and natural convection, phase changes (freezing, boiling, condensing), radiation (shape factors and furnace calculation).
Fluid Mechanics (FM): conservation laws, potential flows, laminar and turbulent boundary layers, compressible flows.

Course material

Handbook (Required) : Heat and Mass Transfer, Fundamentals and Applications (SI units), Cengel, Yunus A. and Chajar, Afshin J., Ed. 5, McGraw Hill, 9789813158962, 2020
Course text (Required) : Warmte- en stromingsleer: Modelleren, nota's and slides via lesgevers
Handbook (Required) : Thermodynamics - an Engineering Approach, An Engineering Approach, Cengel and Boles, Ed. 6, McGraw-Hill, 9781260092684, 2018
Handbook (Recommended) : Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, Fundamentals and Applications, Cengel and Cimbala, 3de, McGraw-Hill, 9789813157880, 2020
Course text (Required) : Warmte- en stromingsleer: Modelleren, Aanvullende nota's in pdf formaat
Digital course material (Required) : Warmte- en stromingsleer: Modelleren - videofragmenten, links via lesgevers
Practical course material (Required) : Warmte- en stromingsleer: Modelleren - labinstructies, nota's via lesgevers

Additional info

The course is taught by three different teachers, with some integration during the exercise sessions.

Handouts of the presentation are available through the student platform (Canvas)

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

At the end of the semester, the students will be able to:

- Use the relevant formulas to solve simple HMT, TD and FM problems, and combinations thereof;

- Explain the underlying theoretical concepts using relevant equations;

- Define the basic HMT, TD or FM variables and parameters, including the relevant non-dimensional numbers;

- Derive the fundamental HMT, TD or FM equations starting from basic principles and using the relevant assumptions;

- Develop both analytical and numerical models and solutions for HMT, TD and FM problems;

- Explain and use the relevant methodology to solve practical HMT, TD and FM problems;

- Illustrate the used models with basic examples;

- Perform energetic and exergetic analysis of advanced thermodynamic cycles;

- Perform simple flow and pressure drop measurements with the needed lab-equipment;

- Report the results of those simple measurements in a clear way and draw sound scientific conclusions.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 90% of the final mark.
PRAC Report determines 10% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Writ. exam theory & exerc. with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 90% of the final mark.

Note: See additional information.

Within the PRAC Report category, the following assignments need to be completed:

PRAC Report fluid mechanics with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 10% of the final mark.

Note: See additional information.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Written exam on theory and labs (90%) and lab reports (10%)

Written exam on theory: closed book, for all three parts of the course
(57%: 17% for Heat and Mass transfer, 17% for Thermodynamics, 23% for Fluid Mechanics)

Written exam on exercises: open book, only for Heat Mass Transfer and Thermodynamics
(33%: 16.5% for each topic);

Reports: only Fluid Mechanics (10%), due before the exams. Lab reports (3 sessions) and solution of a integrated exercise (1 session).

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context