ChemE 530: Course Content

 

Textbook: Analysis of Transport Phenomena, 2nd Ed. (2011), William M. Deen, Oxford Univ. Press

 

 

Chapter 1: Diffusive fluxes and material properties

Basic constitutive equations; Diffusivities for energy, species and momentum; Magnitude of transport coefficients; Molecular interpretation of transport coefficients; Continuum approximation

 

Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer

Conservation equations (Mass, Energy, Chemical Species); Heat and mass transfer at interfaces; One-dimensional examples

 

Chapter 3: Formulation and Approximation

One-Dimensional Examples, Order-of-Magnitude Estimation and Scaling, "Dimensionality" in Modeling, Time Scales in Modeling

 

Chapter 4: Solution Methods based on Scaling

Similarity Method; Regular Perturbation Analysis; Singular Perturbation Analysis

 

Chapter 6: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics

Conservation of Momentum; Total Stress, Pressure, and Viscous Stress; Fluid Kinematics; Constitutive Equations for Viscous Stress; Fluid Mechanics at Interfaces; Force Calculations; Dimensionless Groups and Flow Regimes

 

Chapter 7: Unidirectional and Nearly Unidirectional Flow

Steady Flow with a Pressure Gradient; Steady Flow with a Moving Surface;  Time-Dependent Flow; Limitations of Exact Solutions; Nearly Unidirectional Flow

 

Chapter 8: Creeping flow (low Reynolds number)

Low Reynolds Number Flow; Unidirectional and Nearly Unidirectional Solutions; Stream-Function (see also Ch. 6); Point-Force Solutions; Particles and Suspensions

 

Chapter 9: Laminar flow at high Reynolds number (boundary layers)

General Features of High Reynolds Number Flow; Irrotational Flow; Boundary Layers at Solid Surfaces; Internal Boundary Layer

 

Chapter 13: Transport in turbulent flow

Basic Features of Turbulence; Time-Smoothed Equations; Eddy Diffusivity Models