TRANSPORT PHENOMENA

Introduction
By Amol Deshpande

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Transport Phenomena

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Applications Transport Phenomenon
Fluid Mechanics Heat Transfer Mass Transfer

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Need / Scope
Unified Approach Simultaneous occurrences of multiple transport processes in practical applications Analogy Mathematical Tools Molecular Mechanism
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Basics of TP
Conservation Principles

Flux Expressions

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Levels
Macroscopic

Microscopic

Molecular

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Organization of Topics in Book (Bird, et. al.)

Molecular to Macroscopic Fluid Flow
Chap 1 to 8 (Isothermal fluid flow)

Heat Transfer
Chap 9 16 (Non-isothermal fluid flow)

Mass Transfer
Chap 17 24 (Flow of fluid with varying compositions)

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Mathematical Modeling
Understanding the system Making suitable assumptions Applying conservation laws Simplification (Apply mathematics) Obtain governing equations Use initial/boundary conditions Obtain profiles (velocity, temperature, concentration)
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Mathematics
Differential equations
Analytical solutions Numerical solutions

Scalars and Vectors

Tensors
Shear Stress
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Handout / Projects
Lecture plans Evaluation

Projects / Assignments
CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) Problems using COMSOL Multiphysics Project Reports 15 % Online Test 5 %
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