Teaching

Course summary:  Mathematical framework and varied concepts required for describing fluid motion and the differential forms of the governing conservation equations | Introduction to flows where viscous forces and compressibility effects are negligible | Concepts surrounding external flows, highlighting how localized viscous effects within thin boundary regions govern and alter the large-scale fluid behavior | The behavior of high-speed flows where density variations (hence, the effect of compressibility) are significant, covering fundamental relations, nozzle applications, and shock phenomena | Survey of chaotic flows, and the subtleties of the physics of fluids at small scale.

Recommended textbook: Fluid mechanics / Frank M. White

Course summary: Covers the fundamental principles of convection and phase-change heat transfer processes, emphasizing the physical mechanisms within the boundary layers. Utilizing dimensionless similarity parameters, mothods to analyse forced and natural convection, as well as boiling and condensation are introduced. These principles are directly applied to the systematic design and performance evaluation of industrial heat exchangers. Ultimately, the course highlights the mathematical and physical analogies between heat and mass transfer processes.

Recommended textbook: Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer / Incropera et al.