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Unit Plan – Fuid Mechanics

ENM3218 Fluid Mechanics
Unit Coordinator Name: A/Prof Mehdi Khiadani
Office: 27.M07
Telephone: 08 6304 5825
Email: m.khiadani@ecu.edu.au

1 Introduction
This unit covers the basic principles and essential concepts of fluid mechanics. Students will be given real-
world engineering examples to demonstrate how their knowledge of fluid mechanics can be applied to
engineering projects. Foundational physics principles will be emphasised in developing a fundamental
understanding of fluid mechanics.

2 Unit Pre-requisites
Students must pass 1 unit from
ENS1101 - Engineering Mechanics, or,
SCP1111 - Physics of Motion

3 Co-Requisite Rule
MAT2437 or ENS5170 must be taken concurrently with ENM3218 if students have not previously passed
MAT2437 or ENS5170

4 Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Analyse the various properties of flows and flow systems, including dimensional and momentum
analysis, in order to determine flow-system requirements.
2. Apply relevant foundational physics principles to perform fluid mechanics calculations for
modelling of fluid based engineering systems.
3. Analyse flow movement in open channels, in order to design the most effective hydraulic sections.
4. Work collaboratively to report on the technical findings of experimental testing and modelling in
the field of fluid mechanics.

5 Teaching and Learning Approach

This unit is offered in on-campus study mode. Students are expected to participate in all lectures, tutorials
and laboratory sessions (lab is mandatory) as part of their overall engagement in this unit particularly if
they wish to do well. Handouts and/or lecture slides will be made accessible weekly via Blackboard. In this
unit, the resources made available through Blackboard are intended to support students’ learning and do
not reduce or replace the need to actively participate in classes. Learning materials provided are intended
for personal (private) study and (only) summarise major points of sections covered in the lectures (or the
sources cited). It is recommended that students write the points/concepts explained by the lecturer
during the lectures, tutorials and field practice sessions and follow/read the relevant textbook sections
(in full) to augment class coverage. On occasion, students may expect to make a reasonable amount of
external reading, outside the textbook, as part of overall engagement in this unit.
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5.1 Lectures

Activity Day Time Location

Lecture Monday 14:30 – 16:30 JO 7.101
Important:
1- All students are expected to attend the lectures on time. In case you are not able to arrive on
time, please don’t enter the lecture room from the main sliding doors. Instead, you may wish to
join the lecture using the back doors.
2- There will be a number of observed public holidays during this semester. So, the lectures for the
weeks fall on public holiday will be pre-recorded and uploaded in BB. The tutorial sessions fall in
these public holidays, extended tutorial sessions will be organised.

5.2 Tutorial Sessions

Activity Day Time Location
Tutorials Monday 16:30 – 18:30 JO 7.101
Tutorials will primarily give students the opportunity to solve numerical/concept based problems having
practical importance. Sheets for each weekly tutorial task for this unit is available via the Blackboard site.
All students are expected to attend on time and be equipped with pens, paper and approved calculator.

5.3 Laboratory Sessions

Due to professional competency skill development associated with this unit, attendance in all laboratory
sessions and successful completion of associated tasks is a mandatory requirement for passing this unit.
Students who are unable to attend a lab session for a legitimate reason will be required to download a
non-attendance form from the School of Engineering Community Blackboard site and email it, along with
any supporting documentation, to sengabsent@ecu.edu.au soon after their missed laboratory session.
For non-attendance lab sessions with legitimate reason, it is advisable you immediately inform your lab
instructor to be able to arrange a makeup session for you with other groups in the following week. Where
this is not possible, there is no makeup session for the missed laboratory sessions, however, you must
contact your laboratory instructor for a topic to write a paper /report for a minimum length of 2500 words.
Students who fail to attend without legitimate cause may be awarded an FI grade (Fail Incomplete) for
the unit.

If you are repeating this unit, you are entitled to carry forward your previous lab mark to this semester
from 2021 only provided that: (1) you have completed all of the required laboratory work, and (2) you
have obtained a lab mark of >=50% in your previous attempt for the unit. If you are eligible to carry
forward your previous lab mark, you will be notified by the University with regards to carry forward your
previous lab mark to this semester. Your previous lab mark of the unit will be carried forward to this
semester in due course. Your lab session will be relocated to a dummy lab session and you need NOT
attend any lab session in this semester. However, if you do not want to transfer your mark to this
semester, you should notify your lab instructor.

Laboratory sessions will be held on JO 27.115. Your lab sessions will start from Week 4. Students are
required to refer to the timetable for this unit and identify the session/group they belong to and prepare
for each lab session as per schedule in the table below. Each group (Group A, Group B, …) will be split into
four sub-groups (A1, A2, A3, A4 : B1, B2, B3, B4 :…..). You have the option of forming your own group
when you attend your first session. The maximum number of students in a sub-group is five.
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The instruction for each experiment is available from the Blackboard site. You must read and watch the
available video for each lab instruction prior to attending the lab and demonstrate that you have
understood the instruction for conducting your experiment. At the beginning of each lab session, your
instructor may ask you a few questions to make sure you have prepared for your session including how
to conduct your experiment, the principle behind your experiments, and the objectives of the experiment.
Please watch the recorded videos in Blackboard to become familiar with different experiments and
equipment before you attend your lab session. Those who have not prepared for their laboratory
experiment may lose up to 40% of their mark for that session.

All members of a group should work collaboratively, be aware of the contents of their report, and have
an equal contribution (if not equal, please indicate the contribution ratio for each group member on the
cover sheet of your report) in their lab work. Students in a group may not necessarily receive equal marks
as this depends on their contribution. Please note in circumstances that any member of a group is not
cooperative, he/she will be assessed individually. In case a group experiences difficulty communicating
with an individual member, an email should be circulated to the members in the group (cc me). In case
any further concern arises, the members of a group should contact me immediately and their issue will
be discussed in a meeting with all the members present. The members of a group should work
collaboratively and submit one lab report per lab session. For a fair assessment of your contribution, it is
required that the member of each group to write their name under the heading for the section (s) they
have written/contributed. Please note, this does not imply that a member should only contribute to
his/her section. The members should engage and contribute to different sections of their reports. It is also
not expected that a member of the group only contributes to the introduction section in all three reports.
Instead, a member can contribute to the introduction section in one report and the results section in
another report and so on. This helps the marker to fairly assess individual contribution. Each report should
have a cover sheet signed by the members who have prepared the report. No mark will be given to those
who have not signed the cover sheet and have not submitted their report (s). The reports for all laboratory
sessions should be combined into a single pdf file and submitted online to the link is provided under
submission link in Blackboard.

For those who have enrolled online, a set of data will be made available to them for each experiment.
They are required to watch the recorded videos and prepare their reports based on the given data.

Students must sign off the attendance sheet for each laboratory session (including safety induction
session). Failure to do so, may cause a member to fail the unit.
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Laboratory Schedule

Lab Session A Group A1 Group A2 Group A3 Group A4

15-Mar Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement
Tuesday 08:30-
29-Mar Reynolds Experiments Centre of Pressure Flow Measurement Impact of a Jet
10:20
19-Apr Impact of a Jet Flow Measurement Centre of Pressure Reynolds Experiments
Lab Session B Group B1 Group B2 Group B3 Group B4
22-Mar Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement
Tuesday 08:30-
5-Apr Flow Measurement Reynolds Experiments Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet
10:20
26-Apr Impact of a Jet Centre of Pressure Flow Measurement Reynolds Experiments
Lab Session C Group C1 Group C2 Group C3 Group C4
15-Mar Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement
Tuesday 10:30-
29-Mar Reynolds Experiments Centre of Pressure Flow Measurement Impact of a Jet
12:20
19-Apr Impact of a Jet Flow Measurement Centre of Pressure Reynolds Experiments
Lab Session D Group D1 Group D2 Group D3 Group D4
22-Mar Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement
Tuesday 10:30-
5-Apr Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet
12:20
26-Apr Flow Measurement Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet Reynolds Experiments
Lab Session E Group E1 Group E2 Group E3 Group E4
15-Mar Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement
Tuesday 13:30-
29-Mar Reynolds Experiments Centre of Pressure Flow Measurement Impact of a Jet
15:20
19-Apr Flow Measurement Reynolds Experiments Impact of a Jet Centre of Pressure
Lab Session F Group F1 Group F2 Group F3 Group F4
22-Mar Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement
Tuesday 13:30-
5-Apr Impact of a Jet Centre of Pressure Flow Measurement Reynolds Experiments
15:20
26-Apr Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement Impact of a Jet Centre of Pressure
Lab Session G Group G1 Group G2 Group G3 Group G4
16-Mar Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement
Wednesday
30-Mar Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet
08:30-10:20
20-Apr Impact of a Jet Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement Centre of Pressure
Lab Session H Group H1 Group H2 Group H3 Group H4
23-Mar Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement
Wednesday
6-Apr Flow Measurement Reynolds Experiments Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet
08:30-10:20
27-Apr Impact of a Jet Centre of Pressure Flow Measurement Reynolds Experiments
Lab Session I Group I1 Group I2 Group I3 Group I4
16-Mar Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement
Wednesday
30-Mar Reynolds Experiments Centre of Pressure Flow Measurement Impact of a Jet
10:30-12:20
20-Apr Impact of a Jet Flow Measurement Centre of Pressure Reynolds Experiments
Lab Session J Group J1 Group J2 Group J3 Group J4
23-Mar Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement
Wednesday
6-Apr Reynolds Experiments Flow Measurement Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet
10:30-12:20
27-Apr Flow Measurement Centre of Pressure Impact of a Jet Reynolds Experiments
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5.4 Safety induction

For your safety, a short safety induction session will be conducted in the laboratory room (Room 27.115)
at the beginning of your first lab session. Students must review the Safety Handouts 1 to 3 available under
Lab Instruction materials for this unit before attending their first lab session. All students should wear a
long-sleeve shirt, long-sleeve trousers, and closed footwear AND arrive at the laboratory room at least 5
minutes prior to your laboratory sessions. Students who could not arrive on time and take the safety
induction are not admitted to the lab.
General guidelines for safety in the laboratory include provisions that state:
 To enter the lab, you should wear a long-sleeve shirt, long-sleeve trousers, and closed
footwear
 No consumption of food or drink in the lab.
 No smoking in the lab.
 The use of mobile phones is not allowed in the lab.
 Use of personal/compact music players is not allowed in the lab.

6 Resources and Reading List

Textbook
Çengel, Y. A., & Cimbala, J. M. (2020). Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications in SI Units -
https://www.vitalsource.com/en-au/products/fluid-mechanics-fundamentals-and-applications-in-
yunus-a-cengel-john-m-v9789814821599?term=9789813157880
Four printed copies of this book are available from the library
(https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1111078781). The library may also have other versions of this book
(non-SI and older versions).

Significant references
Cengel, Y. A., & Cimbala, J. M. (2017). Fluid mechanics: Fundamentals and applications. (3rd ed.). New
York: McGraw-Hill. Non-SI version – Library online link
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=5662567
Cimbala, J. M. (2008). Essentials of fluid mechanics : fundamentals and applications. Boston: McGraw-Hill
Higher Education
Gerhart, P. M., Gerhart, A. L., & Hochstein, J. I. (2017). Munson’s Fluid Mechanics (8th ed.). New York:
Wiley.
https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/990287704

Important notice regarding the textbook:

The exams in this unit are restricted open book exams and students are allowed to bring their textbook in
the original copy to the exams. However, you could only highlight the important knowledge by highlighter,
sticks/tabs (but with no notes on sticks/tabs) and/or underlining in your textbook. No writing or any
format of notes is permitted in your textbook. It is your own responsibility to ensure there are no
handwriting or notes in any copy of your textbook is brought to the exam.

Suggestion for purchasing the prescribed text:

An alternative option for students to purchase Cengel’s Fluid Mechanics 4th edition (SI units) is to use the
links below:
VitalSource - https://www.vitalsource.com/en-au/products/fluid-mechanics-fundamentals-and-
applications-in-yunus-a-cengel-john-m-v9789814821599?term=9789813157880
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Direct from McGraw Hill, quote PROMO code 2022CA to gain 15% discount on print products
at the checkout – https://www.mheducation.com.au/fluid-mechanics-fundamentals-and-
applications-si-9789813157880-aus

Online bookstores based in Australia -

Zookal - https://textbooks.zookal.com.au/search?q=9789813157880
Booktopia - https://www.booktopia.com.au/fluid-mechanics-yunus-a-
cengel/book/9789813157880.html

7 Unit Schedule
Week Lectures Tutorials
Week 1 Basic concepts & introduction to properties of fluids Lec 1
Week 2 Properties of fluids + Pressure Lec 2
Week 3* Public Holiday - Fluid statics
Week 4 Fluid kinematics Lec 3 & Lec 4
Week 5 Mass, Bernoulli, and Energy Equations Lec 5
Week 6 Momentum analysis of fluid systems Lec 6
Week 7 Dimensional analysis & modelling Lec 7
Test (at 17:30 PM on
04/04/2021 in JO07.101
and JO07.102
April 11-15 Semester Break

Week 8* Public Holiday - Internal Flow-Part 1

Week 9* Public Holiday - Internal Flow-Part 2
Week 10 Open channel flows Lec 8 & Lec 9
Week 11 External flows Lec 10 & Lec 11
Week 12 Outstanding Materials
*Lecture for the weeks fall on an observed public holiday will be recorded and made available through BB
The default tutorial time is one hour per week, however, I have booked the tutorial session for two hours
in case we need more time to review tutorial questions. Students should be expected that the tutorial
sessions may take longer than one hour.

8 Assessment Information
On Campus Version
Important: To be able to pass this unit, you must pass the end of semester exam.
Item On-Campus Assessment Value Date
Laboratory Work Laboratory activities 20% Due before 2 pm 12 May 2021
Examination Test 30% Test on 17:30 PM on 04/04/2021
Restricted open book exam
Examination End-of-semester examination 50% See exam timetable
Restricted open book exam
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Online Version
Important: To be able to pass this unit, you must pass the end of semester assessment.
Item On-Campus Assessment Value Date
Exercise Virtual laboratory activities 20% Due before 2 pm 12 May 2021
Assignment Open book take home test with viva 30% 16:30 PM on 04/04/2021
component
Assignment Summative assessment of unit 50% See exam timetable
content

8.1 Extensions for submission dates

Any student who wishes to defer the submission of a report must apply to the lecturer before the due
date for an extension of the time within which to submit the report. The application must be in writing
and must set out the grounds on which deferral is sought.
A report submitted after the fixed or extended time for submission shall incur a penalty to be calculated
as follows:
 where the assignment is submitted not more than 5 working days late, the penalty shall, for each
working day that it is late, be 5% of the maximum assessment available for the report;
or
 where the report is more than 5 working days late, a mark of zero shall be awarded.

8.2 Academic misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties
that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules.
See: http://www.ecu.edu.au/GPPS/governance_services/uni_rules.html
Edith Cowan University regards academic misconduct of any form is unacceptable. Academic misconduct
includes, but is not limited to:

 plagiarism;
 unauthorised collaboration;
 cheating in examinations;
 theft of other students’ work.

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted
previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed
through the ECU website.

8 Unit and Teaching Evaluation (UTEI)

At the end of the semester, all students will be requested to complete the ECU UTEI online survey. This
survey will ask questions concerning your level of satisfaction with the unit, your lecturer and your tutor.
Your feedback is needed to help us to improve the quality of our courses. We endeavour to use the
feedback we receive from the UTEI survey to improve the quality of the unit when it is next run. In fact,
the unit as it is running this semester has been modified in several ways based on the feedback we have
received previously from the UTEI.
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Some examples of recent changes that have been made in response to UTEI feedback are:
 What were the best aspects of this unit?
1. Lectures were OK.
2. The learning materials
3. The assignment and lab activities
4. Easy approach to the lecturer
5. The unit was well taught and gave students clear understanding of the unit curriculum
6. All good
 What changes would you suggest for this unit?
1. Pace was too fast. Lots of preassumed knowledge from Fluids that many people lacked.
2. Have a power weight exam
3. There was a question in exam about design to test students knowledge. That question
involves trial and error method and can be easily solved using excel and other
softwares.However, it consumes a lot of time when solved mannually in exams. Therefore,
that kind of questions shouldn't be in exams.

Towards the end of the semester you will receive an email notification about how to complete the UTEI
survey. Please take the time to complete it for us. There are small incentives offered to encourage
participation and your feedback is anonymous and confidential.

9 Resources
The Centre for Learning and Teaching at ECU has a number of Academic Tip Sheets that may assist you to
get familiar with some issues related to study. The ECU library has a Referencing Guide that may assist
you in your studies. More resources may be found on the ECU website http://www.ecu.edu.au/. This Unit
of Study will be supported with Blackboard website.

10 School’s Calculator Policy

There exists policy of the School of Engineering that ONLY permitted types of calculators could be used in
tests and final examination for all engineering units.
Note: Please note that, based on the policy of School of Engineering, any students who are found to use
non-compliant calculators after the commencement of a test or examination, for any engineering unit,
will be considered cheating and will be dealt with as stipulated in the Academic Misconduct Policy with
full consequences.

11 How could students achieve a successful outcome in the unit

The Unit Coordinator and Lecturer are always keen to help the students in the unit to achieve a successful
outcome in the unit. Based on the previous experiences, the students who have been involved in all the
teaching and learning activities could achieve a successful outcome in the unit. Students are highly
recommended attending the lectures for better understanding of the problems in tutorials. Only
attending tutorials without lectures would lead to difficulty in understanding those problems in tutorials,
which is no good for your exams. The School documentation is appended at the end of this Unit Plan for
your attention.

12 Our Expectations of You

One of the highest priorities of the School of Engineering is for its students to succeed in their studies and
in their future careers. You are making a significant financial investment to participate in your course, and
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to achieve a successful outcome you will also need to make a significant time investment and commit to
being organised and engaging effectively with the content of your units and the learning environment. In
order to achieve this there are certain expectations that you will need to meet as outlined below:
 You are expected to invest on average at least 10 hours per week/150 hours per semester
(including class time) for each unit. Be aware that achievement at a high level is likely to require
more effort than this minimum.
 You are responsible for revising any relevant materials from the prerequisite units as and when
they are required in the follow-on units in that content area.
 You are expected to keep track of assessment dates and deadlines and appropriately plan other
commitments around these.
 Email is the primary method of communication between ECU and students outside formal
contact hours. You are expected to regularly check your ECU student emails for information and
announcements related to the units you are studying.
 You are expected to come to all classes and laboratories appropriately prepared.
 You are required to attend all in-class assessments and other mandatory activities (e.g.
laboratories) at the scheduled time unless you meet one of the deferred assessment eligibility
criteria. A list of these criteria can be accessed via the following link:
http://www.askus.ecu.edu.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/803
 You must submit work that is your own (i.e. no plagiarism). Tips for avoiding plagiarism can be
found via the link: http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/learning/support-and-resources/integrity-and-
plagiarism/academic-integrity-and- plagiarism
 You are expected to act ethically and responsibly with regard to all aspects of your studies.
Academic misconduct of any kind is taken very seriously and can have serious consequences.
 You are expected to keep personal copies of all unit material for future reference. The unit
content on Blackboard is only accessible during the period of enrolment in the unit, which
typically does not extend to cover the supplementary exam period.

Note: The academic staff in the School will proceed under the assumption that you are adhering to all of
these expectations, so any negative outcomes resulting from failing to meet them will be solely your
responsibility.

Academic Skills Centre & Library Services

Each semester the Academic Skills Centre and Library offer online and on-campus workshops,
consultations, and self-access resources on a variety of topics that will help set you up for success in your
studies.

We encourage you to access these free services to assist in developing the academic, research, and
language skills required to succeed at ECU. Remember, too, that employers seek graduates with strong
communication skills and the ability to think critically about information, so taking the time now to
develop your skills in these areas will serve you well into the future.

Feel free to email or stop by the front desk at the ASC or Library with quick questions, or click on the links
below to find workshop and assignment drop-in schedules or to make individual (or small
group) appointments for support as you work on assessment tasks and skill development.
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Getting support with your academic writing and research skills

Academic Skills Centre Library Services
JO 34.240 JO Building 31
ML 3.170 ML Building 8
BU 3.101c SW Building 3

Online resources: Online resources:

http://ecu.edu.au/academicskills http://ecu.edu.au/library

To book an online or phone appointment with a To book an online or phone appointment with a
Learning Adviser, go to Librarian, go to
https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001642 https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000002908

Email: learningadviser@ecu.edu.au Email: library@ecu.edu.au

Learning Advisers can assist you with: Library staff can assist you with:
• Study skills and strategies • Digital skills
• Academic writing • Research skills
• English language development • Referencing
• Numeracy and STEM • Endnote