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Title of the course

MM 204 :? Transport Phenomena???????????

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Credit structure

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Pre-requisite, if any

None

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Course content

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.

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Texts/References

R.B. Bird, W.E. Stewart and E.N. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, 2^nd Ed., Wiley, India, 2005.

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F.P. Incropera and D.P. DeWitt, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 5^th Ed., Wiley India, 2006.

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O. Levenspiel, Engineering Flow and Heat Exchange, Plenum Press, New York, 1984.

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Instructor(s) name

Prof. N.N.Vishwanathan

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