MM 204
Transport Phenomena
MM 204: Transport Phenomena
| L | T | P | C |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
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Continuum hypothesis. Fluid statics. Energy balance, Bernoulli’s principle. Basic definitions in flows, viscosity, shear stress as momentum flux. Friction and friction factor, concept of hydraulic radius. Shell Balances. Introduction to differential balances. Three modes of heat transfer. Conduction laws, resistance, fins, transient conduction, lumped parameter systems, Heissler charts. Convection - forced and natural. Radiation and view factors, absorbing media.
R.B. Bird, W.E. Stewart and E.N. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, 2nd Ed., Wiley, India, 2005.
F.P. Incropera and D.P. DeWitt, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 5th Ed., Wiley India, 2006.
O. Levenspiel, Engineering Flow and Heat Exchange, Plenum Press, New York, 1984.
Prof. N.N.Vishwanathan
L – Lecture, T – Tutorial, P – Practical, C - Credit