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Energy and Motion for Aviation

Unit Code: HET124A




Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite


One Semester

58 hours (4 hours per week, plus 2hrs lab class every 2nd week for 10 weeks)

Hawthorn


Nil


Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the;

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Aims & Objectives:

After successfully completing this unit, you should be able to:

1. Recognise the symbols and units for a wide range of physical quantities, and recall their definitions.
2. Demonstrate a good understanding of the principles underlying basic physics both verbally and in writing.
3. Apply all the above principles to solutions of conceptual and numerical problems in simple systems, and to understand real-world phenomena.
4. Work in a team of your peers to perform, discuss and write up laboratory experiments.
5. Participate in group discussions with confidence.

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Teaching Methods:

Lectures with online Blackboard support, Tutorials and Practical Work

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Assessment:

Examination (60 - 70%)
12 x 2hr on-line assignments (15 - 25%)
Laboratory work (15 - 25%)

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Generic Skills Outcomes:

You will be provided with feedback on your progress in attaining the following generic skills:

  1. Ability to apply knowledge of basic science and engineering fundamentals.
  2. Ability to communicate effectively, not only with professionals but also with the community at large.
  3. Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution.
  4. Ability to function effectively as an individual and in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams, with the capacity to be a leader or manager as well as an effective team member

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Content:

Linear mechanics: kinematics; Newton’s Laws; momentum; energy and work.

Rotational mechanics:  kinematics; torque; energy and work; angular momentum.

Fluid mechanics: Archimedes’ principle; Pascal’s law; Bernoulli’s principle.

Thermodynamics:  expansion; heat transfer; calorimetry; kinetic theory.

Electricity: electric field; current, voltage and resistance; electromotive force; Kirchoff’s laws; capacitance.

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Textbooks:

Richard Wolfson, Essential University Physics Volume 1, Pearson, 2007.

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References:

Nil

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