Physics of transport phenomena

1) Introduction fluid mechanics: mass and momentum balance in integral and differential form; constitutive relations and the Navier-Stokes equations; basic laminar flows as Couette and Poiseuille flow and flow over an oscillating plate; dimensionless Navier-Stokes equations and dimensionless numbers; introduction to turbulence.

2) Inviscid flows: Bernoulli equation; vorticity and circulation; stream function; introduction in potential flow.

3) Viscosity-dominated flows: introduction in boundary-layer theory; boundary-layer detachment; hydrodynamic drag over obstacles; lubrication flow and Stokes flow.

4) Heat transfer phenomena: basic (un)steady heat conduction phenomena; energy conservation law for flowing media (integral and differential formulation); convective heat transfer; internal flows; extenal flows; introduction in the theory thermal boundary layers.

5) Transport phenomena in plasmas: plasmas in local thermal equilibrium (LTE plasmas); the energy equation for LTE plasmas; plasmas and magnetic fields; basic applications

1) Formulation and use of the mass and momentum balance in integral and differential form (Navier-Stokes equations), its dimensionless formulation and the interpretation and use of dimensionless numbers.

2) Derivation and application of Ber-noulli equation. Understanding the notions of vorticity, circulation, stream function and potential flow.

3) Ability to analyse a variety of flow problems including boundary layer flow, flow around obstacles and detachment, and viscosity dominated flows.

4) Ability to analyse (un)steady heat conduction problems. Formulation and application of the energy balance in integral and differential form.

5) Ability to analyse basic convec-tive heat transfer processes and turbulence phenomena.

6) Ability to analyse transport phenomena of basic plasmas in local thermal equilibrium (LTE).