ME 885 - Transport Phenomena

• Apply correlation for viscosity and thermal conductivity
• Solve transport problems by specifying and applying initial and boundary conditions
• Develop steady-state shell balances for momentum and energy transport equations
• Apply equations of change to solve steady-state flow problems
• Apply equations of change to solve steady-state conduction and convection problems
• Solve transport problems with two independent variables, such as time-dependent flow of Newtonian fluids and unsteady state heat transfer

• Fluid mechanics
• Heat transfer

• Viscosity
• Thermal conductivity
• Mechanism of energy transport
• Shell momentum balances
• Flow through a circular tube, annulus
• Creeping flow around a sphere
• Shell energy heat conduction with heat sources
• Forced and free convection heat transfer
• The equation of continuity
• Equation of motion
• Equations of change to solve flow problems
• Dimensional analysis
• Equations of energy and motion
• Equations of change to solve heat flow problems
• Dimensional analysis
• Time dependent flow of Newtonian fluids
• Unsteady heat conduction in solids
• Steady heat conduction in laminar, incompressible flow
• Turbulent flow
• Turbulent momentum flux and flow in ducts
• Temperature distribution in turbulent flow
• Empirical expressions for turbulent heat flux
• Friction factors for flow in tubes
• Friction factors for flow around spheres
• Analytical calculations of heat transfer coefficient in tubes
• Forced convection in tubes
• Forced convection in around submerged objects