BME 3510 - Biotransport Phenomena

• Determine properties of pure substances, including liquid-vapor mixtures, using property tables, phase diagrams, and software
• Apply the ideal gas equation of state to relate properties of gases and gas mixtures when appropriate
• Identify the meaning of terms in the first law of thermodynamics and apply it to analyze steady flow problems and design steady flow devices relevant to biomedical engineering
• Use psychrometric analysis to define the vapor content of atmospheric air and apply this to analysis of steady air conditioning processes
• Identify situations in which the Bernoulli equation applies and use this equation to solve practical biomedical engineering problems
• Describe common fluid rheological behaviors, including those associated with biological fluids
• Describe the significance of Reynolds number in fluid flow behavior and define laminar, turbulent and transitional flows and where they are encountered in the human body
• Explain how partial derivatives relate variables in three-dimensional flow regimes
• Use the mechanical energy balance to solve internal flow problems, including those with losses
• Set up classic and biomedical engineering problems using the continuity and Navier-Stokes equations and solve simple cases
• Define the different types of forces that fluid flow imparts on solid bodies and use correlations to estimate these forces for common geometries
• Set up classic and biomedical engineering problems using differential energy and mass balances and solve simple cases
• Apply constitutive relations related to mass diffusion and heat conduction
• Solve problems involving steady and lumped system transient conductive heat transfer
• Design heat and mass exchangers to meet specified requirements
• Describe the principles of numerical methods to solve transport problems based on partial differential equations
• Apply commercial finite element analysis software to solve biomedical engineering transport problems
• Explain the benefits and limitations of different solution approaches to biomedical engineering transport problems

• Definitions of heat, internal energy, and work
• Differential calculus

• Review of thermodynamic definitions
• Properties of pure substances
• Application of the ideal gas equation of state
• Analysis techniques based on the first law of thermodynamics
• Gas mixtures, psychrometrics, and analysis of steady air conditioning problems
• Introduction to fluid phenomena
• Applications of the Bernoulli equation
• The mechanical energy balance, losses, and internal flow analysis
• Introduction to partial derivatives as they apply to three-dimensional flow regimes
• Continuity and Navier-Stokes equations
• External flow and drag
• Analysis of mass transfer problems using the differential component mass balance
• Transport across membranes and compartmental mass transfer analysis
• Analysis of heat transfer problems using the differential energy balance
• Heat conduction analysis for steady and lumped system transient conduction
• Heat and mass exchanger analysis and design
• Principles of numerical analysis and implementation of commercial finite element analysis software