1. Course number and nameME 3870 Thermo-Fluids Lab. (2)

2. Credits and contact hours1.0 Credits hours and 3.0 contact hours

3. Instructor's or course coordinator's nameDr. Lamjed Hadj Taieb, Eng. Ahmed Shabana

4. Text book, title, author, and yearIntroduction to Fluid Mechanics (8th Edition) by R.W. Fox, A.T. McDonalds andP. J. Pritchard, 2011, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 13 9780470547557.

Principles of Heat Transfer (7th Edition), F. Kreith, R.M. Manglik and M. Bohn,2010. Cengage Learning, Inc, ISBN-13: 978-0495667704.

a. other supplemental materialsExperiments instructions.

5. Specific course informationa. brief description of the content of the course (catalog description)

Visualization of potential flow fields. Visualization of real flow aroundstreamlined and bluff bodies. Pipe flow. Velocity distribution. Pressuredrop and friction factor. Flow measurements: Orifice, venturi and nozzlecalibrations, calibration of thermocouples, free convection for a lumpedthermal capacitance system, determination of thermal conductivities of anew metals, thermal performance of fins (for free and forced convection).Test of two stage pumps (series and parallel).

b. prerequisites or eo-requisitesME 3851, ME 3740

c. indicate whether a required, elective, or selected elective (as per Table 5-1) course in the programRequired course

6. Specific goals for the coursea. specific outcomes of instruction, ex. The student will be able to explain

the significance of current research about a particular topic.Upon successful completion of this course, the student shall be able to:

1. Run relatively simple thermo-fluids experiments, obtain the data andanalyze the information.

2. Perform temperature, pressure, flow rate, thermal conductivities andthermal performance through experiments.

3. Improve his understanding of the principles of fluid mechanics,thermodynamics and heat transfer through experiments.

4. Present his results and findings in writing through professional reports.

b. explicitly indicate which of the student outcomes listed in Criterion 3 orany other outcomes are addressed by the course.

Outcome (a) An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science,and engineering

This course emphasizes the ability to apply knowledge in mathematics,physics, chemistry and thermodynamics to the experimental phenomenaassociated with the indicated topics. The students are expected to utilizeconservation laws for mass, momentum and energy as applied to thermaland fluidic systems.

Outcome (b) Ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as toanalyze and interpret data

Students are engaged in conducting a series of experiments and theassociated analysis of the experimental data. Additionally, they arerequired to construct simple analytical models of some experiments andcompare the numerical results with the measured data.

Outcome (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams

Students are required to work in groups of two to four person teams andmust learn to work cohesively in all aspects of the experimental process.Though the teams are not truly multi-disciplinary, the students are exposedto principles of group dynamics as they work through the various labexperiments.

Outcome (k) Ability to use techniques, skills, and tools in engineeringpractice

Students learn to use modem digital data acquisition techniques necessaryin experimental research.

7. Brief list of topics to be covered

a. Introductionb. Pipe flow: Velocity distribution, Pressure drop and friction factorc. Flow measurements: Orifice discharge, Jet velocity and Pressure

distribution in a Venturi Nozzled. Demonstration of fluid flow: Visualization of potential flow fields and of

real flow around streamlined and bluff bodiese. Heat transfer processes: Determination of the Nusselt Number, Pressure

and velocity distribution in the duct, heater in the element and pressureloss over the pipe bundle

f. Free and forced convectiong. Heat Conduction in Solidsh. Course Assessment