[Poirier & Geiger] = Poirier, D. R., and G. H. Geiger. Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing. John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 1998. ISBN: 9780873392723.
[IDBL] = Bergman, Theodore L., Adrienne S. Lavine, et al. Introduction to Heat Transfer. 6th ed. Wiley, 2011. ISBN: 9780470501962. [Preview with Google Books]
[Kou] = Kou, Sindo. Transport Phenomena and Materials Processing. Wiley-Interscience, 1996. ISBN: 9780471076674.
[Flemings] = Flemings, Merton C. Solidification Processing. McGraw-Hill College, 1974. ISBN: 9780070212831.
| TOPICS | READINGS | 
|---|---|
| Heat Transfer | |
| Fourier law | 
 [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 6.1: Fourier’s Law and Thermal Conductivity, pp. 187–9.  | 
| Steady-state heat conduction | 
 [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 9: Conduction of Heat in Solids. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 9.1: The Energy Equation for Conduction, pp. 281–2. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 9.2: Steady-State One-Dimensional Systems, pp. 282–7.  | 
| Newtonian heating | 
 [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 9.3: Transient Systems Finite Dimensions, pp. 288–90.  | 
| Heat conduction in semi-infinite solids | 
 [IDBL] Chapter 5: Transient Conduction. [IDBL] Chapter 5.7: The Semi-Infinite Solid, pp. 283–9.  | 
| Biot number | [IDBL] Chapter 5.2: Validity of the Lumped Capacitance Method, pp. 259–63. | 
| Transient conduction | 
 [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 9: Conduction of Heat in Solids. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 9.3: Transient Systems Finite Dimensions, pp. 290–300.  | 
| Multidimensional conduction | 
 [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 9.5: Simple Multidimensional Problems, pp. 312–5.  | 
| Conduction of heat in solids | Carslaw, H. S., and J. C. Jaeger. Conduction of Heat in Solids. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 1959. ISBN: 9780198533030. | 
| Radiation basics | 
 [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 11: Radiation Heat Transfer. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 11.1: Basic Characteristics, pp. 369–70. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 11.2: The Black Radiator and Emissivity, pp. 370–1. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 11.3: The Energy Distribution and the Emissive Power, pp. 372–7.  | 
| Radiation at equilibrium | 
 [Kou] Chapter 2: Introduction to Heat Transfer. [Kou] Chapter 2.7: Radiation, pp. 172–5.  | 
| Radiation and conduction | 
 [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 11: Radiation Heat Transfer. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 11.13: Transient Conduction with Radiation at the Surface, pp. 407–9. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 11.14: Transient Heating with Thermal Stresses, pp. 409–10.  | 
| Radiation and convection | [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 11.9: Radiation Combined with Convection, pp. 395–7. | 
| Solidification, mold conductivity | [Flemings] pp. 5–12. | 
| Casting | [Flemings] pp. 12–21. | 
| Alloy casting | [Flemings] pp. 21–3. | 
| Alloy solidification | [Flemings] pp. 31–6. | 
| Czochralski growth | 
 [Kou] Chapter 6: Selected Materials Processing Technologies. [Kou] Chapter 6.1: Liquid-to-Solid Processing, pp. 354–5.  | 
| Thermal properties | [Poirier & Geiger] Appendix B: Thermal Properties, pp. 613–20. | 
| Error function derivation | 
 [IDBL] Chapter 5: Transient Conduction. [IDBL] Chapter 5.7: The Semi-Infinite Solid, pp. 283–5.  | 
| Emissivity data | [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 11.3: The Energy Distribution and the Emissive, Power, pp. 375–7. | 
| Fluid Flow | |
| Introduction to fluid flow | 
 [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 1: Viscous Properties of Fluids. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 1.1: Types of Fluid Flow, pp. 3–4. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 1.2: Newtonian Fluids, pp. 4–7.  | 
| Laminar flow | 
 [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 2: Laminar Flow and The Momentum Equation. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 2.1: Momentum Balance, pp. 39–40. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 2.2: Flow of a Falling Film, pp. 40–4. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 2.3: Fully Developed Flow Between Parallel Plates, pp. 44–5. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 2.4: Fully Developed Flow Through a Circular Tube, pp. 46–9.  | 
| The float glass process | Pilkington, L. A. B. “The Float Glass Process.” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences 314, no. 1516 (1969): 1–25. | 
| Turbulent flow and friction factors | 
 [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 3: Turbulent Flow and Complex Flows. [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 3.1: Friction Factors for Flow in Tubes, pp. 75–81.  | 
| Stokes law | [Poirier & Geiger] Chapter 2.7: Application of Navier-Stokes’ Equation, pp. 68–71. | 
| Flocculation and coagulation | 
 Reed, James S. “Deflocculants and Coagulants.” Chapter 10 in Principles of Ceramics Processing. 2nd ed. Wiley-Interscience, 1995, pp. 157–67. ISBN: 9780471597216.  |