MECH3700

Transport Phenomena

Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment School of Engineering

10 Units 3000 Level Course

Available in 2014

Callaghan Campus	Semester 1
UoN Singapore	Trimester 2

Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

Students learn the fundamental principles of transport phenomena and how they can use them to solve engineering problems. The course, which nicely blends physical and mathematical concepts, provides an excellent support to the students for expending/developing the analytical skills built on previous knowledge of mathematics and physics.

Objectives

The objectives of the course are to develop the expertise of students in the following areas:
1. The student gain an understanding the principles of transport of mass, momentum, and heat.
2. The student can write the transport equations.
3. The student can describe transport processes.
4. The student can solve problems.
5. The student can assess the plausibility of his/her solution.

Content

The course covers various topics including:
1. Boundary layers
2. Pipe flows
3. Momentum equations
4. Dimensional analysis
5. Heat transfer phenomena - conduction, convention and radiation

Replacing Course(s)

Not Applicable

Transition

Not Applicable

Industrial Experience

Assumed Knowledge

The students are assumed to have completed their basic course in Thermofluids and Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations.

Modes of Delivery

Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning
Internal Mode

Teaching Methods

Lecture
Tutorial

Assessment Items

Examination: Class
Essays / Written Assignments	Regular Assignments
Examination: Formal
Laboratory Exercises	* Note, any modification to the above assessment arrangement will appear in the course outline normally issued in week 1.

Contact Hours

Lecture: for 4 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Tutorial: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term

Timetables