Reporter 21/6/00: Engineering Tripos, Part IB

Engineering Tripos, Part IB

The regulations for Part IB of the Engineering Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 278) have been amended as set out below. The purpose of these amendments is (i) to amend the title of Paper 4 and (ii) to give credit in the examination to students who have taken a programme in a foreign language. The regulations have been amended, with effect from 1 October 2000, as follows:

Regulation 13.

(A) By retitling Paper 4, Fluid mechanics and heat transfer, as Thermofluid mechanics.

(B) By amending the penultimate sentence so as to read:

Each paper in Part IB shall be of two hours' duration, except Paper 8. The examination for Paper 8 shall consist of either a written paper of two hours' duration, or a written paper of one hour's duration and the submission of course-work in one foreign language.

The supplementary regulations for Part IB of the Engineering Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 281) have been amended, with effect from the same date, as follows:

Paper 4

By replacing the text so as to read:

Paper 4. Thermofluid mechanics

The paper shall consist mainly of questions on: fluid dynamics, including boundary layers and internal flows; heat transfer by convection; heat exchangers; thermodynamics, including irreversibility, properties of working fluids, non-ideal cycles, and power generation.

Paper 8. Selected topics

By amending the final sentence so as to read:

The paper will be divided into five sections corresponding to the five activities. Candidates will be required to answer questions from two sections or, in the case of candidates offering a foreign language, one section.

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