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INTRODUCTORY TRANSPORT PHENOMENA

CBE 320
Course Description

Mass, momentum, and energy transport; calculation of transport coefficients; solution to problems in viscous flow, heat conduction, and diffusion; dimensional analysis; mass, momentum, and heat transfer coefficients; over-all balances; elementary applications.

Prerequisties

(PHYSICS 201 , PHYSICS 207 , PHYSICS 247 , or EMA 201 ) and (MATH 319 , MATH 320 or MATH 376 ), or member of Engineering Guest Students

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Credits

4

Offered

Fall, Spring

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