| Course Objectives: |
To provide students with advanced knowledge about fluid mechanics, momentum transfer and heat transfer. |
| Course Content: |
Properties of fluids, fluid mechanics, force and pressure, manometers, gravity decanters, Newton's law of viscosity, heat transfer mechanisms, heat conduction, mass transfer mechanisms, diffusion mass transfer in gases, diffusion mass transfer in solids, convection mass transfer, dimensional analysis; momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies |
| Week |
Subject |
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| 1) |
Introduction to Transport Phenomena |
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| 2) |
Fundamentals of Viscosity and Diffusion |
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| 3) |
Fundamental Principles of Momentum Transport |
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| 4) |
Applications of Momentum Transport |
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| 5) |
Fundamental Principles of Heat Transfer |
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| 6) |
Applications of Heat Transfer |
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| 7) |
Midterm exam |
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| 8) |
Energy Equations in Transport Phenomena |
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| 9) |
Mass Transfer: Fundamentals of Diffusion |
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| 10) |
Mass Transfer Balances and Boundary Conditions |
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| 11) |
Diffusion with Chemical Reactions |
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| 12) |
Applications of Diffusion and Reactions |
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| 13) |
Steady-State Transport and Boundary Layers |
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| 14) |
General Review and Question Solution |
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| 15) |
Presentation of students' project assignments |
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| 16) |
Final exam |
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| Course Notes / Textbooks: |
1.Transport Phenomena, R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart, E. N. Lightfoot, John Wiley and Sons, 2002
2. Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, C. J. Geankoplis, Prentice Hall, 2003. |
| References: |
1.Transport Phenomena, R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart, E. N. Lightfoot, John Wiley and Sons, 2002
2. Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, C. J. Geankoplis, Prentice Hall, 2003. |