Pre-requisite:   321 or permission

Instructor:  Bi-min Zhang Newby, Whitby 104
Phone: 330-972-2510,  Fax: 330-972-5856,  E-mail: bimin@uakron.edu

Classes:  T, Th, 5:10 – 6:25 P.M. at Whitby 115 N

Office hours:  M, W, F, 4:00 – 5:30 P.M. or by appointment

Textbooks: Bird, Stewart and Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, Wiley, 1960 (Required).
                  Beek and Muttzall, Transport Phenomena, Wiley, 1975.  (Recommended Reading)

Course Outline

                 Lecture Topics                                      Homework Due                 Reading Assignments

Jan. 16      Mathematical Preliminaries                                                                     Appendix A
                 Vector and Tensor Notation

Jan. 18      Transport by Molecular Motion                                                               Ch. 1
       23      Newton, Fourier, and Fick’s laws                  HW #1                              Ch. 8
       25         Ch. 16

                 Balance Laws
Jan. 30      Continuity and Momentum Balance                HW #2                           Ch. 2 (§2.1) Ch. 3 (§3.1, §3.2)

Feb. 1       Momentum Transport in Laminar Flow                                                 Ch. 2 (§2.2- §2.4, §2.6)
        6                                                                                                                   Ch. 3 (§3.5, §3.6)
 
Feb.  8      Two Dimensional Flow (Brief)                       HW #3                            Ch. 4 (§4.1- §4.3)
 
Feb. 13     Exam I

Feb. 15     Review Exam I and Momentum Transport

Feb. 20     No class (Presidents Day)
Feb. 22     Equations of Energy                                       HW #4                           Ch. 3 (§3.3, §3.4), Ch. 9 (§9.1)
                                                                                                                             Ch. 10 (§10.1- §10.4)
Feb. 27     Heat Transport in Laminar Flow                                                           Ch. 9 (§9.2-§9.9)
March 1                                                                         HW #5                           Ch. 10 (§10.5, §10.6)

March 6    Class Cancelled due to Weather
March 8    Two Dimensional Heat Transfer (Brief)           HW #6                          Ch. 11 (§11.1- §11.3)

March 13   Exam II

March 15   Mass Balance Equations                                                                     Ch. 17 (§17.1), Ch.18 (§18.1- §18.4)

March 27   Mass Transport in Laminar Flow                    HW #7                         Ch. 17 (§17.2-§17.5), Ch.18 (§18.5, §18.6)

March 29   Two Dimensional Mass Transfer (Brief)                                              Ch. 19 (§19.1)

                 Interphase Transport
April 3       Friction Factor                                                HW #8                        Ch. 6
          5
April 10     Heat Transfer Coefficients                               HW #9                        Ch. 13 (§13.1 - §13.5)
         12
April 17     Mass Transfer Coefficients                              HW # 10                     Ch. 21 (§21.1 - §21.3)
         19

April 24    Exam III

                 Macroscopic Balances
April 26     Isothermal Momentum and Mechanical            HW # 11                    Ch. 7
                 Energy Balance (Brief)

May 1       Non-Isothermal Mechanical and Total                                                Ch. 15
                 Energy Balances (Brief)

May 3       Multicomponent Balances (Brief)                     HW #12                     Ch. 22

May 4       Review (make up class for March 6th)

May 8       Final Exam, 6:00 – 7:55 P. M.

Course Objectives:

1.     Set up governing PDE for processes involving momentum, heat, and mass transfers
2.     Determine appropriate initial and boundary conditions
3.     Obtain analytical solutions to laminar flow problems
4.     Apply dimensional analysis in solving problems and understand the underlying mechanism
5.     Define and evaluate integral formulations for macroscopic level transport quantities.

Grading Policies:

1.     Exams:  50% (two out of three best scores will be counted toward the final grade)
        Final Exam: 38%
        Homework: 12%
2.     Only neatly written and well organized homework will be graded.
3.     Homework is due at the beginning of the class on the stated date, late homework is subjected to penalty (10% off), and no     homework will be accepted 24 hours after the assigned date and time.