Calendar: 1951-1952 Page 189
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190 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING Inertia Effects-Piston Effort-Turning Moment Diagram-Flywheels Balancing of Revolving Masses Principles of Solid Geometry-Isometric Projection-The Construe tion of Machine Parte Theory of Heat Engines One lecture and one tutorial class per week The First Principles of Thermodynamics-Carnot's Principle- Entropy-The Properties of Steam-Steam Tables-The Expansion of Steam and use of Charts-Rankine Cycle-The Steam Engine- Compound Expansion-Use of Superheated Steam-Fuels and Com- bustion-Principles of operation of Steam and Internal Combustion Engines Air-compressors Refrigerators Laboratory -Michaelmas term one afternoon fortnight Lent term one afternoon week Easter term hours per week The Testing of Indicators Pressure Gauges and other apparatus used in Engine Trials-Experiments involving the use of Indicator Diagrams-Simple Engine Trials-Calorimetry course of lectures on the Testing of Power Plant will be given in Laboratory time Surveying Michaelmas and Lent terms -One leoture and one tutorial class per week Chain Surveying-Construction of Surveying Telescopes-Theory of Internally-focussing Telescopes-Construction and Adjustment of Levelling Instruments-Levelling-Simple Volumes-Contours-Con- struction and Adjustment of the Theodolite-Traversing-Compass Traverses-Plotting and Adjustment of Traverses-Curve Ranging- Base Line Measurement-Tacheometric Surveying-Sounding-Marine Surveying-Three Point Problem-Plane Tabling-Underground Surveying Easter term -One lecture and one day per week for practical work week of field work is arranged in the Easter vacation attendance at which is compulsory PART II Theory of Heat Engines One lecture week Internal Combustion Engines-Discussion of various types- Volumetric Heat of Gases Variable Specific Heat Dissociation-Ideal Cycles and Practical Limits to Performance of Engines-Gas Turbines Steam Jets and Nozzles-Heat Drop and Velocity Calculations- Frictional Losses-Supersaturation-Impulse and Reaction Turbines -Condensers
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