Instructor: Professor Daniel Schwartz                                 Jian Chen, TA
Office: 353 Benson Hall                                                     236 Benson Hall
Office Hours: TBA                                                             TBA
E-mail: dts@u.washington.edu                                            swordcj@u.washington.edu
 

Theme

To add interest , we will loosely tie the course examples and problems to fluid, heat, and mass transfer issues related to the fabrication and operation of hard disk drives.
 

Grading

Grades will be determined from the scores on homework (50 pts), two projects (75 pts each), and a final exam (75 pts). Due dates for the projects will be mid-February and mid-March.
 

Text

The text is Analysis of Transport Phenomena, by W.M. Deen.
 

Course Outline

1. Vectors and Tensors: Appendix A

Mainly covered in Chem E 512; but a brief review will be provided.

2. Fluxes and Material Properties: Chapter 1

Constitutive Equations, transport coefficients, and their interpretation.

3. Conservation Equations: §2.1ó2.8

Derivation of equations for the conservation of mass, momentum, and energy, including jump boundary conditions.

4. Scaling and Approximation Techniques: Chapter 3

Using mathematical methods (e.g. singular perturbation) and intuition to determine the essential length and time scaling behavior of transport systems.

5. Solution Methods for Conduction and Diffusion Problems: §4.1-4.8.

Fourier transform methods for solving problems on regular geometries. Numerical solutions using the Finite Element Method software FEMLab.

6. Fundamentals of Fluids: Chapter 5

Kinematics, stress, statics and dynamics in fluids.

7. Unidirectional and Lubrication Flows: Chapter 6

Steady and unsteady unidirectional flows. Lubrication flows.

8. Creeping Flows: §7.1-7.4

Low Reynolds number flows.

9. Laminar Flow at High Reynolds Numbers: §8.1-8.4

Invicid, irrotational, and boundary layer flows.