CN5040 Advanced Transport Phenomena

2nd semester 2020/2021

Instructor: Associate Prof. S. B. Chen

Office: E5 02-30
Email: checsb@nus.edu.sg

Time: Mondays 6-9 pm

Classroom: Zoom online

Textbook
• William M. Deen, “Analysis of Transport Phenomena”, Oxford (1998).

References
• L. G. Leal “Laminar Flow and Convective Transport Processes”,
Butterworth Heinemann (1992)
• R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart, and E. N. Lightfoot, “Transport Phenomena”,
Wiley, New York (1960).
• G. K. Batchelor, “An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics”, Cambridge
(1967)
• J. Happel and H. Brenner, “Low Reynolds Number Hydrodynamics”,
(1983).
• R. L. Panton, “Incompressible Flow”, 2nd Ed., Wiley, (1996).

Lectures

1. Vectors and tensors

2. Constitutive equations
3. Conservation equations
4. Scaling and approximation technique
5. Conduction and diffusion
6. Unidirectional and near unidirectional flow
7. Creeping flow
8. Laminar flow at high Reynolds number
9. Forced-convection heat and mass transfer
10.Multicomponent energy and mass transfer
11.Transport in turbulent flow
Assignments for practice and discussion only are posted in the Files of the
website luminus.nus.edu.sg. No need for submission.

Final grade:
1. Open-book test (tentative date: Mar 29) (40%)
2. Journal paper critique (30%)
3. Project (30%)