3.044 | Spring 2013 | Undergraduate

Materials Processing

Readings

[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.

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