OVERVIEW

The course aims to illustrate the fundamental principles of fluid mechanics, and to deduce the laws that govern the motion, as a basis for the description of the fundamental mass transport processes (molecular diffusion and dispersion). The course will train the students in the theoretical foundations and the modeling capabilities of the main mass transport phenomena.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide students with basic knowledge of fluid mechanics for the study of transport processes. During the course, several simple examples of practical interest will also be formulated and solved

LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO)

The main objectives of the course are:
1. To provide the basic knowledge on fluid mechanics, as a starting point for the description of mass transport processes
2. to provide basic theoretical knowledge needed to better understand which are the most suitable models for the study of mass transport processes in different contexts

TEACHING METHODS

The course includes lectures

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course program can be mainly divided into two:
1. Fundamentals of fluid mechanics
in this part we will recall some basic principles of fluid mechanics and in particular: kinematic references. Dynamics of viscous fluids: Navier-Stokes.Fluido Ideal; Bernoulli's theorem; Vorticity dynamics; turbulent motions
2. Fundamentals of diffusion and dispersion processes
molecular diffusion: fundamentals, Fick law, fundamental solution, method of images, examples of applications; turbulent diffusion: fundamentals, tensor of turbulent diffusivity, examples of applications; Dispersion: foundations, theory of Taylor (dispersion in the ducts) and Elder (dispersion in free-surface currents);

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

course notes

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ALESSANDRO STOCCHINO (President)

JAN OSCAR PRALITS

LESSONS

LESSONS START

second semester

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam involves the development of a training exercise based on the numerical simulation of a real case study and an oral exam on the course contents

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The oral test is intended to determine the level of understanding achieved by the student primarily on the foundation parts. The student must demonstrate that they know how to steer, especially in relations between the concepts explained in class. The questions will cover all of the material presented in class and often will request the ability to connect various topics
Exercise practice of numerical simulation will be used to assess the student's ability to apply critically the theoretical concepts explained during the course

FURTHER INFORMATION

http://www.ingegneriachimica.unige.it/courses.htm