URL study guide
https://tue.osiris-student.nl/onderwijscatalogus/extern/cursus?cursuscode=6PMR03&collegejaar=2025&taal=enDescription
This course covers the transport mechanisms (and their rates) for mass, momentum and energy,with in specific, molecular and convective transport of mass and momentum, macro balances for mass
and momentum, microbalances for mass and momentum, derivation of the continuity equation and the
Navier-Stokes equations; flow between two parallel flat plates, flow through round tube and annular space
between two concentric cylinders, falling film, derivation and simple example applications of Bernoulli’s law,
Reynolds number, laminar and turbulent flow, and Fanning’ law for pressure drop over tube system and Ergun’s
equation for pressure drop over fixed particulate beds.
Objectives
- The student is able to apply the macroscopic balances for mass, heat and momentum to determine the state and or rate of change of conserved quantities in a control volume.
- The student is able to determine velocity and stress distributions for fluid flow through simple geometries (2-D, 3-D tube flow) using the microbalances for momentum (Navier-Stokes equation) using different boundary conditions (no-slip, free-slip).
- The student is able to use concepts such as dimensionless numbers (Reynolds, Archimedes numbers), and laminar and turbulent flow.
- The student is able to determine the pressure drop over a tube-system and fixed beds, and in combination with Bernoulli’s law determine e.g. the time required to empty a vessel or determine the power of turbine for a hydroelectric power station.