Transport Phenomena in Materials Engineering

A circular diagram.

Image taken from a diagram found in the 3.185 assignments section. (Image courtesy of Prof. Adam Powell IV.)

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MIT Course Number

3.185

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Fall 2003

Level

Undergraduate

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Course Description

This course deals with solid-state diffusion, homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical reactions, and spinodal decomposition. Topics covered include: heat conduction in solids, convective and radiative heat transfer boundary conditions; fluid dynamics, 1-D solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations, boundary layer theory, turbulent flow, and coupling with heat conduction and diffusion in fluids to calculate heat and mass transfer coefficients.

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Adam Powell IV. 3.185 Transport Phenomena in Materials Engineering. Fall 2003. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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