Lectures: 12 h

Objectives

This course is an introduction to the physics of heat and mass transport. It will give the basis to answer all kinds of questions and problems ranging from : why is my coffee cold way before it is sweetened by sugar ? and : how long can I stand on top of Everest without gloves ? to : how to a design a microchip to capture biomolecules efficiently ? how many showers can I take with a 10 meter square solar heater ? what do cetaceans and solar heaters have in common ? why mixing in turbulent flows is so efficient ?

• Local transport equations and macroscopic balances
  
• Radiative heat transport
  
• Heat and mass transport by molecular diffusion
  
• Transport with a laminar flow. Coupling between diffusion and advection. Transport boundary layers
  
• Thermal convection
  
• Turbulent mixing

Last Modification : Thursday 27 April 2017