1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

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mathematics structures used in the mathematical modelling
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of engineering systems.
Content
Classification of partial differential equations. Numerical
appoximation of derivatives forward, backward and central.
Approximate solution of parabolic equations - heat
equation. Euler Method (FTCS), symmetry, Richardson's
Method (CTCS), Crank-Nicolson Method (CTCS).
Stability. Explicit and implicit. Solution by direct methods
and iterative methods. Derivative boundary conditions.
Convereence.
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stabilitv and consistencv. Perturbation and
von Neumann stability analysis. Convection equation,
'upwind' differencing, Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy condition.
Other methods Dufort-Frankel, Keller Box. 2D heat
equation and the AD1 method. Approximate solution of
hyperbolic equations wave equation.
Recommended reading
Smith, G.D., Numerical Solution of Partial Dzfferential Equations.
3rd edn, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1985
Spiegel, M.R., Theory and Problems of Complex Variables. S.I.
(metric) 2nd edn, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1974
MM510 Combined Heat and Mass Transfer
10 credit points li hours per week (65 hours) Hawthorn
Assessment: examinatton, assignments and practical work
A fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Manufacturing- Chemical S ream
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objectives 0d9, -'u Y\<
To apply the theories of heat and mass transfer studied in
the fourth year of the course, to the design of equipment for
the operations listed below.
Content
Industrial applications of heat and momentum transfer.
Diffusional operations drying, crystallisation, water cooling
and humidification. Single and multi-effect evaporator
systems; thermal and mechanical recompression. Operation,
control and economics of evaporation systems.
Recommended reading
Treybal, R.E., Mass Transer Operations. 3rd edn, New York,
McGraw-Hill. 1980
Norman. w.s.. Absorvtion. Distillation and cool in^ Towm.
London, Longmans, i961 7 "
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MM511 Chemical Englneerlng Design
8 9 credit points li hours per week (65 hours) Hawthorn
0 Assessment: examination, assignments and practical work
8. A fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
a (Manufacturing- Chemical Stream)
0 b jectives
To acquaint the student with the responsibilities of the
professional chemical engineer and some of the issues that
may be confronted.
Content
A separate segment seeks to consolidate the student's
previous work in computer programming by applying it to
problems relevant to hidher future career.
The syllabus covers aspects of chemical plant design
formulating the design; the design procedure; flowsheets and
their uses in design work; safety and health considerations;
economic aspects; plant layout.
Computer aided design the use of software packages for
flowsheeting, flowsheet preparation and layout; exercises in
preparation of computer solutions to problems in
momentum, heat and mass transfer.
Recommended reading
Ross, G., Computer Programming Examples for Chemical
Engineers. Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1987
MM520 Engineering Science
8 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
examination, assipnments rmorts
A fifth year subject in the ~khelor of Engineering
(Mechanical) 7'\Ioc p 1 ,;
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Obiectives
his subject aims to provide students with an
opportsubjecty to pursue a number of engineering science
areas in depth.
Students must select two subjects from the selection below.
The subjects within this group offer advanced studies in
engineering science. The subjects offered each year are
subject to demand and availability of staff.
Content: Thermo/Fluid Mechanics
The syllabus includes three topics selected from turbulence
theory equations of continuity and motion for turbulent
mean flow; methods of solution. Flow of an ideal fluid:
circulation, vonicity, stream function, velocity potential and
flownets, basic flow patterns and combinations of same;
aerofoil theory. Low Reynolds number flows: steady
laminar flow in pipes and between parallel plates;
measurement of viscosity; fundamentals of the theory of
hydrodynamic lubrication. Two-phase flows: slurries and
particle/carrier gas flows. Supersonic flow: oblique shock
waves, subsonic
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and supersonic combustion ramjets,
supersonic inakes.
Recommended reading
Cameron, A., Basic Lubrication Theo y. 3rd edn, Chichester, E.
Horwood,l981
Douglas, J.F., Gasiorek, J.M. and Swaffield, J.A., Flud Mechanics.
3rd edn, Harlow, Essex, Longman Scientific and Technical, 1995
Milne-Thompson, L.M., i'%eoretical Hydrodynamics. 5th edn,
London, Macmillan, 1968
Reynolds, A., Turbulent Flow in Engim'ng. London, Wiley, 1974
Tennekes, H. and Lurnley, J.L., A First Course in Turbulence.
Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1972
Content: Energy Systems
The syllabus contains three topics, two of which are
supported by laboratory work.
Solar energy spectral energy distribution, atmospheric
scattering and absorption, collector geometry, optical
properties of transparent and opaque materials, internal and
external heat transfer processes and efficiency, thermophon
circulation.
Heat transfer numerical methods applied to multidimensional
unsteady conduction with boundary
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