DA4074 - Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

Most of your learning on this degree apprenticeship module will be in your workplace. Your involvement in civil engineering tasks will enable you to put into context the theoretical material that you will study at University, thereby cementing your understanding. You will do this in conjunction with your workplace mentor/Supervising Civil Engineer, appropriate members of your team, and with the assistance of your University workplace coach.

The module will include a range of learning materials and opportunities, such as online presentations, notes, seminar/tutorial questions, video links and digital reading materials. All these resources will be arranged in a convenient learning journey, giving you a clear expectation of the content to be studied and tasks you will complete on a weekly basis.

During your normal working day, your industrial mentor/Supervising Civil Engineer will support your learning through the allocation of appropriate work tasks relevant to the theoretical content of the module, allowing you to contextualise and cement your knowledge. The University will monitor this educational process.

University academic staff will support you in formally-scheduled teaching. This arrangement will give you ample opportunity to ask questions to clarify and deepen your understanding of the module content, as well as to seek specific help, for example, with your preparation for assessment. At other times, you will have access to University academic staff via telephone, email, and the University’s virtual learning environment (VLE). These media will allow you to access and make full use of the support and guidance available to you.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. Online reading lists (provided after enrolment) give you access to your reading material for your modules. The Library works in partnership with your module tutors to ensure you have access to the material that you need.

Knowledge & Understanding:

MLO1: Explain the scientific principles involved in the disciplines of fluid mechanics and hydraulics.

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:

MLO2: Carry out basic calculations of fluid flow systems involving pipes, pumps, open channels and flood routing.

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):

MLO3: Apply the principles of health and safety risk management.

Summative assessment will be by coursework. It will be worth 100% of the module marks and will cover all the module learning outcomes.

Formative assessment (sometimes from occasional homework tasks) will be by verbal or written (digital) support from University academic staff. In line with the workplace approach of a degree apprenticeship, you will be expected to take on-board verbal feedback from your workplace mentor/Supervising Civil Engineer, which is the case generally with employee performance.

Assessment feedback will be mapped between summative assessments from different modules, so that you receive clear guidance on improving work, based on performance in assessments in different modules. This will be made explicit to you via digital pro-forma as well as verbally.

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In this module, you will learn the fundamentals of fluid mechanics and hydraulics using mathematical concepts. Fluid mechanics will provide the foundation for civil engineering hydraulics, which will include the engineering of pipe systems, such as water supply and drainage, and of open channel flows, such as rivers and irrigation channels, all of which are vital to human society and the natural environment. You will study the underlying theoretical principles of fluid mechanics and hydraulics and then apply them to realistic scenarios. The module will introduce you to much of the work carried out by civil engineers employed in the water industry. You will learn via online presentations, supported by seminars, and special technpractical activities, and you will be assessed by coursework.