ChemE 530: Course Content
Textbook: Analysis of Transport Phenomena, 2nd Ed.
(2011),
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