CHE2161 Mechanics of fluids

The workshops will focus on applying the theory from the recorded lectures to working through problems set out in printed worksheets and drawn from practical questions.
The problems vary from ones that illustrate straightforward calculations to ones that require deeper insight, requiring students to determine the form of the problem and which equations are needed to solve it. This will be illustrated in the workshops and practical sessions by the teaching staff through individual or group guidance with the set problems. The workshops will be recorded to MULO. However, given the active nature of the teaching, we cannot guarantee that it will pick up all of the detail about what is said, presented or discussed. It is more effective to attend. The first Workshop is in Week 1.

At Clayton, there are two two-hour-long labs over the course of the semester.
The laboratory classes will illustrate concepts from the course in a practical way. They also require you to apply the theory to solve problems or answer questions. The objectives of the laboratory experiments are:
- learning to connect theory with practice;
- developing an ability to solve problems;
- learning how to interpret and present data;
- learning how to work with others; and
- developing the capacity to ask the appropriate questions.

The workshops will be complemented by informal practical sessions (one hour per week), focusing on a second problem set that is closely related to the worksheets. This is your opportunity to challenge yourself further, in a smaller group with more teaching staff available for assistance. The practicals will be assessed by submission of answers through a separate Moodle quiz. Each quiz will close the following week. For example, practical quiz 1 closes in week 2 Monday.