ChE 634 interfacial transport phenomena (3 credits, ECTS: 7)
Offered in fall 2017-18 and spring 2014-15
(Old ChE 684 Interfacial Instabilities in
Fluid Mechanics: Spring 2010-11, 2009-10, 2008-09)
This is a mostly project-based graduate level course. The student will learn perturbation methods and linear stability analysis and will apply it to a problem not discussed in the class. Depending on the student the project(s) might be theoretical or numerical.
Catalogue:
- Modeling linear and nonlinear liquids with a deflecting interface. Jump conditions; physical properties at the interface. Formulation of interfacial conditions. Solution to mass, momentum, and constitutive equations. Perturbation methods and linear stability analysis; applications to various problems including Rayleigh jet, Rayleigh-Taylor instability, and other problems.
References:
- L. E. Johns and R. Narayanan, Interfacial Instability, QC183.J595 2002
- S. Chandrasekhar, Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability, QC151.C4 1961
- P. G. Drazin, Introduction to Hydrodynamic Stability, QA911.D73 2002
