Transport phenomena
Undergraduate · Engineering
Syllabus focus
Standard syllabus · STEM / applied
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Topics typically covered
Standard syllabus
Momentum transport
- Shell momentum balances and stress tensors (intro)
- Velocity profiles in laminar internal flow
- Boundary layer equations and Blasius solution (overview)
- Turbulence: Reynolds averaging concepts
- Friction factors and drag correlations
- Non-Newtonian fluid flow (Power-law model)
- Porous media flow: Darcy's law
- Two-phase flow regimes (survey)
- Mixing and agitation in stirred tanks
- Macroscopic mechanical energy balance
Heat and mass transport
- Fourier, Newton, and Fick's laws as analogs
- Mass diffusion coefficients and binary systems
- Concentration boundary layers
- Convective mass transfer coefficients
- Simultaneous heat and mass transfer: evaporation
- Multicomponent diffusion (intro)
- Energy and mass balances for control volumes
- Dimensional analysis for transport correlations
- Heat and mass exchangers: coupled design
- Coupled transport in biological systems (survey)
STEM / applied
Process and chemical engineering applications
- Shell-and-tube and plate heat exchanger design
- Distillation column mass transfer stages
- Absorption and stripping column analysis
- Drying and humidification processes
- Membrane separation transport models
- Reactors with diffusion and reaction rates
- Cooling towers and evaporative systems
- Polymer processing heat and mass transfer
- Environmental dispersion models (intro)
- Process simulation tools (Aspen/HYSYS survey)
Biomedical and advanced transport
- Blood oxygenators and drug delivery transport
- Tissue engineering scaffold transport
- Nanoscale transport and Knudsen diffusion
- Electrokinetic transport in microchannels
- Transport in fuel cells and batteries
- CFD for coupled transport phenomena
- Scale-up from lab to plant
- Safety: leak, dispersion, and exposure limits
- Lab: diffusion, convection, and HT coupling
- Capstone transport design problem
Notes
Topics reflect common engineering syllabi at US colleges and universities. Exact order, depth, and applied emphasis vary by institution, department, and instructor.