PROBLEM SET # 1

ChE417 : Transport Phenomena I Due: March 17, 2015 (Tuesday)

1. Write up your understanding on the continuum hypothesis.

2. (Basic notions)
Write down what you know about the following items.
(1) Newtonian uid and its example
(2) Dilatant uid (shear thickening uid) and its example
(3) Pseudo plastic uid (shear thinning uid) and its example
(4) Bingham uid and its example

3. (Diusion time scale)

The time required for a species to be transported by diusion only can be estimated by the formula

L2
tc =
D
where L is the diusion distance and D is the diusivity. The estimated time is called diusion time
scale. For the case of water layer of 1m depth, estimate the diusion time scale (in years) of oxygen
that has the diusivity of 109 m2 /s in water.
What can you learn from the computed result?

4. (Viscosity units)
What are the SI units and c.g.s. units of the following units?
(1) P (Poise)
(2) P a s (Pascal times s)
(3) St (Stokes)

5. (Temperature eect on viscosity units)

Explain the reason why the viscosities of liquids decrease as temperature increases while those of gases
increase with the temperature increase.

6. (Tensor)
(1) What is a tensor? Explain.
(2) Why do we need a tensor in science and engineering?
(3) What are the zeroth order and the rst order tensors? Give examples.