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MECE E3301: Thermodynamics

Credit 3. Fall 2005. Instructor: D. Attinger

Classical thermodynamics. Basic properties and concepts, thermodynamic properties of pure substances, equation of state, work, heat, the first and second laws for flow and nonflow processes, energy equations, entropy, and irreversibility. Introduction to power and refrigeration cycles.

MECE E6105: Transport Phenomena in the presence of Interfaces

Credit 3. Spring 2006. Instructor: D. Attinger

Surface energy and capillary phenomena. Wetting and spreading of liquids, wetting line pinning and hysteresis, influence of surface defects, dynamics of wetting. Structure and stability of liquid films, long-range forces, disjoining pressure. Fluid dynamics of liquid films. Surfactants. Bubble nucleation and stability. Bubble dynamics: growth, interfacial diffusion, stability. Measurement of interfacial properties and transport phenomena. Interfacial transport phenomena involving thermal, chemical and electrical gradients. Applications.

Courses formerly taught:
  • Thermal System Design
  • Thermo-fluid Laboratory
  • Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer.

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