Index of Projects on Examples in Bird, Stewart & Lightfoot Ed. 1

• Momentum Transport
  • Chapters 1 and 8: Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity
  • Chapter 2: Velocity Distributions in Laminar Flow
  • Chapter 4: Velocity Distributions with more than one Variable
• Energy Transport
  • Chapter 9: Temperature Distributions in Solids and in Laminar Flow
  • Chapter 10: The Equations of Change for Nonisothermal Systems
  • Chapter 11: Temperature Distributions with More than One Independent Variables
  • Chapter 13: Interphase Transport in Nonisothermal Systems
  • Chapter 14: Energy Transport by Radiation
  • Chapter 15: Macroscopic Balances for Nonisothermal Systems
• Mass Transport
  • Chapter 16: Diffusivity and the Mechanisms of Mass Transport
  • Chapter 17: Concentration Distributions in solids and in Laminar Flow
  • Chapter 18: The Equations of Change for Multicomponent Systems
  • Chapter 19: Concentration Distributions with More than one Variable
  • Chapter 21: Interphase Transport in Multicomponent Systems

Chapters 1 and 8 - Transport Properties: Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity

• Overview
  • Viscosities with mucalc and mixmu
  • Thermal Conductivities with ktcalc, ktpcalc and mixkt
  • Prandtl Numbers with prcalc and mixpr
• Use of Maple on Simple Problems in Chapter 1
• Section 1.4
  • Chapter 1 Section 4 2000 Project by Kristin Clopton
• Section 8.1
  • Use of Maple in Example 8.1-1: Measurement of Thermal Conductivity 
  • Example 8.1-1: 2001 Project by Steve Abrahams: Fourier's Law of Heat Conduction
• Section 8.2: Temperature and Pressure Dependence of Thermal Conductivity in Gases and Liquids
  • Example 8.2-1: 2001 Project By: Hoalong Lee and Hoason Lee
  • Use of Maple in Example 8.2-1: Effect of Pressure on Thermal Conductivity
  • See also: 1999 project by Michelle Darjean
•  Section 8.3: Theory of Thermal Conductivity of Gases at Low Density
  • 1999 project by Amit Mistry
• Section 8.4: Thermal Conductivity of Liquids
  • 1999 project by Rebekah Williams
  • Example 8.4-1: 1999 project by Karen Waldner

Chapter 2 - Velocity Distributions in Laminar Flow

• Section 2.2 2001 Project by Nicolas Dean Spicer and Neil Harold Little, Esq.: Two Immiscible Fluids Between Two Flat Plates, One Stationary and One Translating with a Constant Velocity
• Section 2.2 2000 Project by Edaire Cheng and Edward Yen
• Example 2.3-2 2000 Project by Star Chacko and Jennifer Fletcher
• Flow of a Falling Film

Chapter 3 - The Equations of Change for Isothermal systems

• Section 3.1 The continuity Equation
• Section 3.2 The Equation of Motion Equation 3.2-10
• Equation of MotionAssumption of constant Properties

Chapter 4 - Velocity Distributions with more than one Variable

Boundary Layer Theory: Ex. 4.4-2

Chapter 9 - Temperature Distributions in Solids and in Laminar Flow

• Section 9.2 - Heat Conduction with an Electrical Heat Source (p267-268 in BS&L)
  • Example 9.2-1: Wire Heated by an Electric Current
  • 1999 project by Tammy Lai
• Section 9.3 - Heat Conduction with a Nuclear Heat Source (p275-277)
  • 1999 project by Juan Correa
  • 1998 bonus solution by Melissa Fiumara
• Section 9.4 - Heat Conduction with a Viscous Heat Source (p276-278)
  • 2001 project by Christa Clark and Gita Gidwani:
  • 1999 project by Ryan Kangas
  • 1998 bonus solution by Edward Feng
• Section 9.5: Heat conduction with a chemical heat source
  • Part a Derivation of the Dimensionless equations (p279-282)
  • Part b Solution of the Dimensionless Equations(p282-283)
  • 1999 project by Joe McGonigle
  • 1998 bonus solution by Jennifer Chien
• Section 9.6 Heat conduction through Composite Walls
  • pp283-288
  • Heat Conduction from a Pipe 2001 Project by Matthew Winslow and Bonnie Woo: Midterm 2001 Problem 2
  • 2001 Project by Steve Abel and Angela Thomas-Strayhorn
  • Example 9.6-1 Composite Cylindrical Walls
  • Example 9.6-1 but with an Arbitrary Number of layers
  • 1998 bonus solution by Jessie Carr
  • 1999 project by Daniel Resendez
  • 1999 project by David Smith
  • 1998 bonus solution by Audrey Fu
• Section 9.7 Heat Conduction in a Cooling Fin
  • Part a Solution of the dimensional equations (p288-291)
  • Part b Converting to and solving the dimensionless equations (p288-291)
  • Heat Conduction in the Steady State 2001 Project by Mark Covington: Including Heat Dissipation to the Environment
  • 1998 bonus solution by Elbert Traister
  • Example 9.7-1: Error in Thermocouple Measurement
  • 1999 project by Kavita Nyalakonda
• Section 9.8 - Forced Convection (p291-297)
  • 2001 Project by Ginger Chao: Forced Convection Heat Transfer for Non-Newtonian Flow in Tubes - Short Contact Times
  • 2001 Project by Nicolas Dean Spicer and Neil Harold Little, Esq.: Two Immiscible Fluids Between Two Flat Plates, One Stationary and One Translating with a Constant Velocity
  • 1999 project by Erin Chang
  • 1998 bonus solution by Linda Lee
• Section 9.9 - Free Convection (p297-300)
  • 2001 project by Leslie Murray Explanation of Free Convection
  • 1999 project by Hector Perez
  • 1999 project by Soumendra Barman
  • 1998 bonus solution by Mike Tremoulet

Chapter 10 - The Equations of Change for Nonisothermal Systems

• Section 10.1 The Equations of Energy
  • Deriving eq. 10.1-8
  • Using the divergence to get eq. 10.1-9
  • Some Operations Found in the Energy Equation with Maple
  • Vectors in Cylindrical Coordinates, Spherical coordinates, Energy Equation in cylindrical Coordinates, Spherical coordinates: 1999 project by Scott Covan
• Section 10.5 Use of Equations of Change to set up Staedy-State Heat Transfer Problems
  • Example 10.5-1 Tangential Flow in an Annulus with Viscous Heat Generation
    • 1999 project by Stephany King
  • Example 10.5-2 Flow in a Nonisothermal film (p326-328)
    • part a approximating the temperature dependence of viscosity in the film,
    • part b comparing two approximations to get viscosity dependence on position
    • 1998 bonus solution by Monique Raub
  • Example 10.5-3 Transpiration Cooling(p328-330)
    • 1998 bonus solution by Shalena Wilkerson
  • Example 10.5-4 Free Convection Heat Transfer: Deriving the Dimensionless Equations
    • 1999 project by Kristina Ranieri
  • Example 10.5-5 One Dimensional Compressible Flow (p333-337)
    • 1999 project by Elizabeth Tyson
    • 1998 bonus solution by Gautam Narasimhan
  • Example 10.5-6: Adiabatic Frictionless Processes in an Ideal Gas
    • 1999 project by Stephany Lin 
• Section 10.6
  • Dimensional Analysis 2000 project by Kim Little and Felice Shieh
  • Example 10.6-2: Surface Temperature of an Electric Heating Coil
  • 1999 project by Chris Paxton
  • 2000 project by Jeff Arthur and Robert Schroeter

Chapter 11 - Temperature Distributions with More than One Independent Variables

• Section 11.1 - Heating of a Finite Slab Deriving eq. 11.1-31
  • Heating of a Finite Slab The Final equations and an example
  • Example 11.1-1 2000 Project by Andy Edgar and Whitney Smith
  • Example 11.1-2 2001 Project by Brooks Bohn: Exploring equation 11.1-31
  • Example 11.1-2 2000 Project by Eugene Koay and Jeff Ngo
  • Example 11.1-3 2000 Project by Thomas Winter.
• Section 11.2
  • Example 11.2-1 2000 Project by Gregory Johnson
  • Example 11.2-2 2001 Project by Susan Ireland and Drew Vennum: Laminar Tube Flow with Constant Heat Flux at Wall: Asymptotic Solution for Small Distances
• Section 11.3
  • Example 11.3-1 2000 Project by Michael Feldman and Rafael Verduzco
• Section 11.4 - Boundary Layer Theory
  • Example 11.4-1 2000 Project by David Arboleda and Marc Zubick
  • Use of Boundary Layer Theory 2000 Project by Chris and Scott Harrison

Chapter 13 - Interphase Transport in Nonisothermal Systems

• Section 13.1 - Definition of the Heat-Transfer Coefficient Calculation of Heat-Transfer Coefficients from Experimental Data
  • bonus solution by Sherry Phelps in 1998
  • Brief Overview on the fit[least square] Function Using Maple to look at a Fit of a Function and its Derivative
• Section 13.2 Forced Convection in Tubes
  • Example 13.2-1 Design of a Tubular Heater
  • Example 13.2-1 2000 Project by Justn Murez
• Section 13.5
  • Example 13.5-2 2001 project by Jesse Gracia and Dennis Krueger
  • Example 13.5-1 2000 Project by Briana Leara
• Section 13.6 - Heat-Transfer Coefficients for Condensation of pure Vapors on Solid Surfaces
  • Example 13.6-1 Condensation of Steam on a Vertical Surface
  • Example 13.6-1 2000 Project by Laura Meilander and Jimmy Wu

Chapter 14 - Energy Transport by Radiation

• Section 14.3- Planck's Distribution Law, Wien's Displacement Law and the Stefan-Boltzmann Law
  • Example 14.3-1
  • Spectrum of Equilibrium Radiation
• Section 14.4 2001 Project by Mehul Tejani: Direct Radiation Between Black Bodies in vacuo at Different Temperatures
• Section 14.5 Radiation between non-black Bodies
  • Example 14.5-1 Radiation Shields
  • Example 14.5-3Combined Radiation and Convection

Chapter 15 - Macroscopic Balances for Nonisothermal Systems

• Section 15.4 - Use of Macroscopic Balances for Solving Steady-State Problems
  • Example 15.4-1 The Cooling of an Ideal Gas
  • Example 15.4-2 Parallel or Counter-Flow Heat Exchangers
  • Example 15.4-2 2001 Project by Heather Dore and Christopher Powers
  • Example 15.4-2 2001 Project by Ricardo Villanueva and Austin Hardin
  • Example 15.4-3 2001 Project by Nathaniel Chongsiriwatana and Steve Meier: Power Requirement for Pumping a Compressible Fluid Through a Long Pipe
• Section 15.5 - Unsteady-State Problems
  • Example 15.5-1 Heating of a Liquid in an Agitated Tank
  • Example 15.5-2 Operation of a Simple Temperature Controller

Chapter 16 - Diffusivity and the Mechanisms of Mass Transport

• Section 16.1 - Definitions of Concentrations, Velocities, and Mass Fluxes
  • Definitions and Relations in Binary Systems
  • Maple used to Set Definitions and Show Some of the Relations in Table 16.1-1
    • 1999 project by Gina Tran
  • Maple used to set All the Definitions in Tables 16.1-1, 2 and 3 Showing Some of the Relations in Table 16.1-3 Showing Some of the Equivalencies Among the Froms for Fick's Law
• Section 16.3 Temperature and Pressure Dependence of Mass diffusivity
• Estimation of Mass Diffusivity at Low Density
  • Diffusivities with dcalc in Matlab
  • Use of dcalc in Example 16.3-1: Mass Diffusivity at Low Density
  • Example 16.3-2 2000 Project by Amanda Blankenship and Juliette Guarriello
  • 1999 project by Janet Huang
  • Example 16.3-2 Estimation of Mass Diffusivity at High Density
  • Example 16.4-1: Computing Mass Diffusivity at Low Density
    • 1999 project by Kim Spruell
• Section 16.5
  • Example 16.5-1 Estimation of Mass Diffusivity for a Binary Liquid Mixture

Chapter 17 - Concentration Distributions in solids and in Laminar Flow

• Section 17.2 - Diffusion through a Stagnant Gas Film (p522-529)
  • Example 17.2-1 Determination of diffusivity (p526-527)
    • 1999 project by Brian Kirsch
    • 1998 bonus solution by Jenna Hutchins
  • Example 17.2-2 Diffusion through a Non-isothermal Spherical Film (p527-529)
    • 1999 project by Kim Manney
    • 1998 bonus solution by Matt Hayenga
• Section 17.3 Diffusion with Heterogeneous Chemical Reaction (p529-531)
  • 1998 bonus solution by Christine Laskowski
  • Example 17.3-1: 1999 project by Lucy Dearce
• Section 17.4 Diffusion with Homogeneous Chemical Reaction (p532-533)
  • 1999 project by Dayne Fanfair
• Section 17.5 Diffusion into a Falling Liquid Film: Forced Convection Mass Transfer (p537-541)
  • Section 17.5 2001 Project by Amanda Watford and Judy Hsii: Diffusion into a Falling Film
  • Example 17.5-1 2001 Project by Amanda Watford and Judy Hsii: Gas Absorption from Rising Bubbles
• Section 17.6 Diffusion and Chemical Reaction inside a Porous Catalyst: The "Effectiveness Factor" (p542-546)
  • 1998 bonus solution by Carrie Thompson

Chapter 18 - The Equations of Change for Multicomponent Systems

• Section 18.5 Setting up Diffusion Problems
  • Example 18.5-1 Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Example 18.5-1 2000 Project by Susan Derrick and Elizabeth Schwartz
  • Example 18.5-1 2000 Project by Roberto Berloni and Dana Pilaski
  • Example 18.5-2 Thermal Diffusion (p574-575)
    • 1999 project by Abebi Stafford
    • 1998 bonus solution by Amina Qutub
  • Example 18.5-3 Pressure Diffusion (p575-576)
    • 1999 project by Carl Williams
    • 1998 bonus solution by Ariel Flores
    • 2000 project by Daniel Attaway and Christie Gross (do not open in Netscape 4.6 or lower
  • Example 18.5-4 Forced Diffusion (p577-578)
    • 1998 bonus solution by Tareshdath Ramphal
  • Example 18.5-5 Three Component diffusion with Heterogeneous Chemical Reaction (p578-579)
    • 1999 project by John Yanosik

Chapter 19 - Concentration Distributions with More than one Variable

• Unsteady Diffusion
  • Example 19.1-1 Unsteady-State Evaporation
  • Example 19.1-2 Unsteady-State Evaporation 2000 Project by Brad Aimone
• Boundary-Layer Theory Applied in Mass Transfer
  • Example 19.2-1 Unsteady-State Evaporation in a Binary Mixture

Chapter 21 - Interphase Transport in Multicomponent Systems

• Section 21.2 - Correlations of Binary Transport Coefficients
  • Example 21.2-1 Evaporation of a Freely Falling Drop
• Section 21.3 - Binary Mass-Transfer Coefficients in Two Phases

  Section 21.8 - Transfer Coefficients in Multicomponent Systems