Fluid Waves
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 24 hours face to face + Blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
Aims and objectives
The aim of this unit is to equip students with the ability to recognise, model and solve fluid wave problems. The systematic introduction of mathematical theory will be illustrated with examples from building acoustics, medical ultrasound and microfluidic engineering, and in environmental sciences such as oceanography and atmospheric physics.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Describe and apply the fundamentals of fluid wave physics (K1, K2, K3, K4, A2)
2. Derive the origins of wave behaviour in fluid systems (K1, K2)
3. Appreciate fluid wave physics in natural and engineered contexts (K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, A2)
4. Quantify wave-physical phenomena in diverse natural and engineered contexts (K1, K2)
5. Analyse natural phenomena to contribute to new designs (K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, A2)
6. Apply principles fluid-wave physics to predictions of environmental phenomena and design of engineering systems (K3, K4, S2, S3)
2. Derive the origins of wave behaviour in fluid systems (K1, K2)
3. Appreciate fluid wave physics in natural and engineered contexts (K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, A2)
4. Quantify wave-physical phenomena in diverse natural and engineered contexts (K1, K2)
5. Analyse natural phenomena to contribute to new designs (K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, A2)
6. Apply principles fluid-wave physics to predictions of environmental phenomena and design of engineering systems (K3, K4, S2, S3)
Swinburne Engineering Competencies (A1-7, K1-6, S1-4): find out more about Engineering Skills and Competencies including the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Live Online Lecture | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| On Campus Lecture | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| On Campus Class (tutorial) | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| On Campus Lab | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 9.5 | 12 | 114 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Examination | Individual | 40-50% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Test | Individual | 5-10% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Laboratory Report | Individual / Group | 10-30% | 1,2 |
| Assignment | Individual | 10-30% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all Unit Learning Outcomes to a minimum standard, a student must achieve:
(i) an aggregate mark of 50% or more, and
(ii) at least 40% in the final exam.
Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.
Content
• Introduction: a practical problem requiring a non-dispersive calculation
• Continuity and Navier-Stokes equations
• Derivation of the wave equation for the practical problem
• Solution by separation of variables and d’Alembert methods
• Constitutive relations for compressible homogeneous fluids
• Wave equation for non-dispersive waves
• Reflection, refraction, reverberation
• Applications to building design, acoustic and musical engineering, and non-destructive testing
• Resonance, linear wave interactions, scattering
• Doppler effect; bubble acoustics
• Application to medical ultrasound diagnostics and microfluidic systems
• Constitutive relations for inhomogeneous atmospheres and oceans
• Wave equation for dispersive waves
• Application to aviation and maritime forecasting
• Introduction to nonlinear waves: medical therapeutics, micro-engineering
and environmental flows.
• Continuity and Navier-Stokes equations
• Derivation of the wave equation for the practical problem
• Solution by separation of variables and d’Alembert methods
• Constitutive relations for compressible homogeneous fluids
• Wave equation for non-dispersive waves
• Reflection, refraction, reverberation
• Applications to building design, acoustic and musical engineering, and non-destructive testing
• Resonance, linear wave interactions, scattering
• Doppler effect; bubble acoustics
• Application to medical ultrasound diagnostics and microfluidic systems
• Constitutive relations for inhomogeneous atmospheres and oceans
• Wave equation for dispersive waves
• Application to aviation and maritime forecasting
• Introduction to nonlinear waves: medical therapeutics, micro-engineering
and environmental flows.
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.