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Prerequisites (list each individually, one course per line, with course number and title)
3450:335 Intro to Ordinary Differential Equations or equivalent or permission of instructor. prerequisites to be checked at time of registration? no
Corequisites (list each individually, one course per line, with course number and title)
None. corequisites to be checked at time of registration? no
Bulletin description
Prerequisites: 3450:335 or equivalent and permission of the instructor. Development of microscopic and macroscopic momentum and energy transfer equations in fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Microscale constitutive equations and macroscale correlations for momentum and energy transfers. Applications of dimensional analysis and boundary layer models.
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Textbook selection
W.F.Hughes and J.A.Brighton, Fluid Dynamics, Schaum's Outline Series, 2ed, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1991. D.R.Pitts and L.E.Sissom, Heat Transfer, Schaum's Outline Series, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1977.
Rationale
Rationale: The current requirement of 24 credit hours for bridgeup is a large impediment for students wishing to enter the graduate program in engineering when they do not have a BS degree in engineering. The fundamentals needed for bridgeup to prepare students for the graduate level curriculum can be condensed into fewer courses than are presently offered. By condensing and combining courses, the bridgeup requirements are reduced thereby removing the impediment. It is expected that more students non-engineering BS students will enroll in the graduate programs in engineering.
Syllabus
Syllabus: Course Syllabus for 4200:511 Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Grading: Students are expected to attend all lectures Homework 20% Exams 50% Final exam 30% Topics: 1. Fluid statics * Manometry, submerged bodies, surface tension 2. Mathematical models of fluid motion * Kinematics and stress-strain relationships * Navier-Stokes equations * Differential and integral formulations * Relations between momentum, energy, thermodynamics and Bernoulli equation 3. Dimensional analysis and similitude * Parameters in incompressible, compressible, free convection flows 4. Boundary layer flow and flow in pipes * Lift and drag * Boundary layers * Friction factor 5. Incompressible potential flow * Potential flow theory * Bernoulli's theorem 6. Compressible flow * Isentropic flows * Normal shocks * Isothermal flow with friction 7. Non-Newtonian flows * Characteristics and classification of non-Newtonian fluids * Flow in pipes 8. Heat conduction * General conductive equation * Planar, radial, systems * Heat generation systems * Convective boundary conditions * Heat transfer from fins 9. Time Varying systems * Biot and Fourier modulii * Chart solutions * Numerical analysis 10. Forced convection * Boundary layer theory * Correlations for heat transfer coefficients 11. Natural convection * Empirical correlations * Free convection in enclosed spaces 12. Heat exchangers * Types * Heat transfer calculations * Fouling factors 13. Radiation * Black body * Real surfaces and gray body * Radiant exchange
Bibliography
Bibliography: R.B. Bird, W.E. Stewart, E.N. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, Wiley, NY, 1960. B.R. Munson, D.F. Young, and T.H Okiishi, Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 3ed., John Wiley, New York, 1998. F.P. Incropera and D.P. DeWitt, Introduction to Heat Transfer, 3ed., John Wiley, New York, 1996.