ENME483-19S1 (C) Semester One 2019

Special Topic

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2019
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 1 March 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 10 May 2019

Description

Special Topic

SPECIAL TOPIC: COMBUSTION

This final year special topic will appeal to students interested in Combustion and serves as a precursor (although not prerequisite) to ENME485 Special Topic Propulsion offered in S2 of 2019. It will be taught by Professor Bob Pitz, an Erskine Fellow from Vanderbilt University.

The course examines combustion science based on the background of chemistry, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Stoichiometry, energetics of chemical reactions, flame temperature, equilibrium product analyses, chemical kinetics and chain reactions.

Pre-requisites ENME215, ENME314, ENME315

Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of the course students will be able to:

1. Discuss the fundamental physical and chemical principles of various combustion phenomena independent of an application.
2. Address various combustion problems by extending the earlier-gained knowledge of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat/mass transfer.
3. Make quantitative and qualitative estimates of characteristics of various combustion processes.
4. Interpret the scientific literature in the field and synthesize discussion.
5. Communicate complex concepts of Combustion in writing and orally to peers.

Course Coordinator

Milo Kral

Lecturer

Robert Pitz

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Homework (10 assignments) 30% 10 assignments
Class Discussions 10% 4x class discussions at 2.5% each
Test 1 05 Mar 2019 15%
Test 2 26 Mar 2019 15%
Test 3 13 May 2019 15%
Test 4 30 May 2019 15%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Glassman, Yetter, Glumac; Combustion ; 4th; Academic Press, NY, 2015 (This text is not currently held in the library. Other options will be explored).

The library’s electronic subscriptions will be used to access relevant journal literature.

Additional Course Outline Information

Homework

For homework, it is all right to discuss concepts and approaches for homework but it is a violation to copy someone else's homework.

Discussion

There will be periodic round table discussions that are listed in the course outline.  I will prepare questions in advance and ask each of the class members one or more questions on recent topics in the class.  You will be graded on your participation and knowledge of the course material.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,080.00

International fee $5,250.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Mechanical Engineering .

All ENME483 Occurrences

  • ENME483-19S1 (C) Semester One 2019
  • ENME483-19S2 (C) Semester Two 2019 - Not Offered
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