ChE 562 Topics in Transport Phenomena

3 graduate credits

Instructor:
Edwin N. Lightfoot

Phone:
608/262-6934

Fax:
608/262-5434

E-mail:
lightfoo@engr.wisc.edu

Course objective:

To review transport phenomena at the introductory graduate level with the goal of making effective use of this material in situations of engineering interest. The mechanism will be lectures plus weekly problems.

Course description:

All three of the basic transport processes, momentum, heat and mass transfer will be discussed using the text described below as a basis. Emphasis will be on understanding the nature of these three processes and their relations to one another. Calculations will be required to develop a feeling for orders of magnitude, but mathematics will not be emphasized.

Prerequisite:

A good undergraduate engineering program or equivalent. Mathematics through ordinary differential equations is highly desirable, and some physical chemistry will prove helpful but not essential.

Homework:

Weekly problems will be assigned, and these are considered central to the learning process. Interaction with other students and the instructor will be encouraged.

Exams:

Midterm and final.

Computer requirements:

Access to PC or Mac with some math package will be helpful.

Textbook:

Transport Phenomena, R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart and E. N. Lightfoot, Wiley, 2nd Ed., 2001. Additional examples may be distributed.

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Date last modified: Tuesday, 23-Apr-2002 11:55:00 CDT
Date created: 07-Aug-2001

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