MATS2400 Hydraulics and Machine Systems Course description

The course Hydraulics and Machine Systems provides the students with basic competence in hydraulics systems includes piping systems and pumps as well as conventional energy machines. Emphasis is placed on system understanding and understanding of individual components. 

The course is based on physics & chemistry MEK1100 and mechanics MAPE1300.

No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge The student will acquire knowledge of:

• the calculation and design of hydraulic circuits and components, with static and dynamic calculations of flow, viscosity, head loss and energy balances
• the calculation basis for and functioning of Otto and diesel engines, gas turbines and reaction engines
• combustion chemistry and stoichiometric calculations
• the dynamics of piston engines, fuel and combustion theory, waste gas analysis and environmental impacts
• the calculation basis for and functioning of displacement and centrifugal pumps, compressors and fans, and how to perform noise calculations for these
• Euler’s pump equations and practical use of Bernoulli’s formula

Skills

The student is capable of:

• performing system analyses and calculating and designing mechanically operated hydraulic circuits
• designing pumping systems and performing pipe calculations
• analysing and calculating components in combustion engines
• performing fluid mechanics calculations
• performing stoichiometric calculations, and is familiar with combustion chemistry

General competence

The students will gain:

• a basic understanding of mechanical system components they will encounter in their work as mechanical engineers
• the basic competence to participate in professional discussions and be able to choose the right components and analyse real-life systems
• an overall understanding of how the infrastructure of modern society is based on transport, oil and energy production, and the environmental challenges this entails  

Lectures, laboratory assignments and supervised exercises.

Coursework spring 2021 due to Covid-19:

• A minimum of 10 out of 13 exercise submissions in Machine Systems.

• A minimum of 5 out of 7 exercise submissions in Hydraulics.

• Two approved written lab reports in Hydraulics, submitted in groups.”

[Coursework earlier:]

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can sit the exam:

• 1 project assignment

• 2 lab reports on hydraulics, 6-30 pages

• 3 individual exercises

The estimated workload is four hours of lectures, four hours of supervised exercises and five hours of self-study per week.

Individual written exam, 3 hours

The exam results can be appealed.

Aids enclosed with the exam paper and a handheld calculator that cannot be used for wireless communication. If the calculator’s internal memory can store data, the memory must be deleted before the exam. Random checks may be carried out.

Grade scale A-F.

One internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.