MECE 3170 Thermal Fluids Laboratory
This lab course combines the disciplines of Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, and Heat Transfer into one lab. This integration will focus on the first and second laws of thermodynamics as well as concepts covered in Fluid Mechanics such as conservation of mass and energy, and concepts in Heat Transfer. Application of conservation of mass, conservation of energy, Bernoulli, internal viscous flow, and external viscous flow equations covered in MECE 3315 as well as basic heat transfer design and heat exchangers, lumped capacitance, extended surfaces, refrigeration cycles, computerized data acquisition, and analysis, with experimental verification on the theoretical and semiempirical results developed in MECE 3360. This course will give provide exposure to experimental methodologies for Flow Statics, Energy Conservation, Bernoulli Equation, Head losses, Boundary Layers, Refrigeration Cycles, Heat Transfer Modes, Internal and External Viscous Flows, Lumped Capacitance Method, Extended Surfaces.
Prerequisite
A grade of "C" or better in
MECE 3315 and a grade of "C" or better or concurrent enrollment in
MECE 3360.
Offered
As scheduled