Lecture Notes

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This page presents lecture notes and lecture slides for most lecture sessions.

Instructors: AP = Prof. Adam Powell, RK = Prof. Randolph Kirchain

Compiled notes from Professor Powell's lectures (PDF)


SES # TOPICS MOTIVATING PROCESSES Notes Slides INSTRUCTORS
L1 Introduction (PDF) AP
I. Solid Heat Treatment
L2 Introduction

Energy Conservation and 1-D Conduction
Various (PDF) (PDF) AP
L3 Sphere Generation

Multilayers
(PDF) (PDF) AP
L4 Multilayers (cont.)

Biot #

Finite Differences
Glass-ceramics (PDF) (PDF) AP
L5 Finite Differences (cont.)

Radiation
Polymer Extrusion (PDF) (PDF) AP
L6 Dimensional Analysis Furnace Wall David Dussault (Guest Lecturer)
L7 Radiation (cont.)

Convective Cooling Curves

Dimensionless Graphs
Thermal Spray (PDF) (PDF - 2.7 MB) AP
L8 Convective Cooling Curves (cont.) (PDF) (PDF) AP
II. Engineering Economics
L9 Introduction (PDF) RK
L10 Cost Modeling I: Unit Operations Pizza Oven (PDF) RK
L11 Cost Modeling II: Cost Factors and Scale (PDF) RK
III. Liquid-Solid Processing
L12 Moving Bodies Vacuum Arc Remelting (PDF) (PDF) AP
L13 Moving Bodies (cont.)

Stability
Casting (PDF) (PDF) AP
L14 Stability in Alloy Solidification Injection Molding (PDF) (PDF) AP
IV. Fluid Behavior
L15 Introduction

Newtonian Fluids
(PDF) (PDF) AP
L16 Test 1 AP
L17 Viscous Shear (PDF) AP
L18 Tubes

Flow Rate

Sphere Flow
Precipitation, Bubbles (PDF) (PDF) AP
L19 Sphere Drag and Reynolds Number (PDF) (PDF) AP
L20 Engineering and Society

Particle Velocity
Lessons of 9/11 (PDF) (PDF) AP
L21 Friction Factors

Boundary Layers
(PDF) (PDF) AP
L22 Plate Drag

Turbulence
Fermentation (PDF) (PDF) AP
L23 Turbulence (cont.) Fermentation (PDF) AP
L24 Batch and Continuous Flow Reactors Fermentation (PDF) (PDF) AP
L25 Chemical Reactors

Porous Media
(PDF) (PDF) AP
L26 Porous Media (cont.) (PDF) (PDF) AP
V. Deformation Processing
L27 Non-newtonian Flow Various (PDF) (PDF) AP
L28 Deformation Mechanisms Polymers, Metals (PDF) (PDF - 1.1 MB) AP
L29 Sintering HIP, CM (PDF - 1.2 MB) AP
L30 Test 2 AP
L31 Consolidation Processes HIP, CM (PDF - 1.8 MB)# AP
VI. Vapor-Solid Processes
L32 Evaporation Processes Zirconia PVD (PDF) (PDF - 1.3 MB) AP
L33 Vapor Phase Transport

Structure Formation
Thin Films (PDF) (PDF) AP
L34 Patterning

Polymer Deposition
Polymer Sputter (PDF) (PDF) AP
L35 Coherent/Expitaxial Films

Nanostructure Formation
VLS (PDF) AP
VII. Special Topics
L36 Process Selection (PDF) (PDF) AP
L37 Costs of Materials Usage (PDF - 3.3 MB) RK
L38 Wrap Up (PDF) AP