Instructor Information

Jessica Townsend
Office Phone: 781-292-2567
Olin Center 365
jessica.townsend@olin.edu
faculty.olin.edu/~jtownsend

Office hours: Tuesdays 3 - 4, Wednesdays 3 - 4

Required Books

Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer
by Frank P. Incropera and David P. DeWitt
John Wiley and Sons, Fifth Edition
(You may also use the Fourth Edition for this class)

Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
by Bruce R. Munson, Donald F. Young, and Theodore H. Okiishi
John Wiley and Sons, Fourth Edition
(You may also use the Third Edition for this class)

Other references

An Album of Fluid Motion
Assembled by Milton Van Dyke
The Parabolic Press

Fluid Mechanics
by Pijush K. Kundu and Ira M. Cohen
Elsevier Academic Press

Fluid Mechanics
by Frank M. White
McGraw Hill

An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics
by G. K. Batchelor
Cambridge University Press

Multimedia Fluid Mechanics (CD)
Cambridge University Press

Class Meeting Times and Logistics

Monday 10:00 - 10:50 am, AC309
Wednesday 1:00 - 2:50 pm, AC309
Thursday 10:00 - 10:50 am, AC309

There are three "lecture" periods a week in which new material will be covered. The "recitation" period (Wednesdays, 2:00 - 2:50) will typically be used for working through problems, demonstrations, exam reviews, or hands-on mini-labs.

Student Responsibilities

Class attendance is generally expected. If you must miss a class for a legitimate reason please inform me as early as possible so that we can plan appropriately and provide you with makeup materials.

Feedback from the students will occur on a day to day basis using "Muddiest Point of the Lecture" cards - or "mud cards." Students are also encouraged to make general comments on class content, teaching, or class logistics on the "mud cards."

Reading assignments will be given. Class time will be spent clarifying and expanding on the topics in the reading - therefore, it is important that you have read the assigned material ahead of time.

Finally, your conduct and work in this course must adhere to the standards of the Olin College Honor Code. All members of the Olin faculty regard the Honor Code as essential to the academic integrity of Olin College.  It is expected that all assignments, exams, projects, and other course activities will be completed under the guidelines set by the Honor Code.

Grading

Homework 15%
Exam 1 20%
Exam 2 20%
Final Exam 25%
Project 20%

Learning Objectives

At the end of the semester, you should be able to:

• Explain the physical properties of a fluid and their consequence on fluid flow and heat transfer, expressed in terms of the Reynolds number and other dimensionless quantities.
• Understand the conservation principles of mass, momentum, and energy for fluid flow and heat transfer.
• Apply the basic applied-mathematical tools that support fluid dynamics and heat transfer.
• Create conceptual and quantitative models of inviscid, steady fluid flow over simple bodies and in channels.
• Estimate heat transfer rates in simple engineering situations such as a convectively cooled turbine blade.
• Explain the basic concepts of transport phenomena to a high-school senior or non-technical person.

Competencies Addressed in ENGR3310

Qualitative Analysis: Olin graduates will be able to analyze and to solve engineering problems qualitatively.

Quantitative Analysis: Olin graduates will be able to analyze and to solve engineering problems quantitatively.

Communication: Olin graduates will be able to convey information and ideas effectively, to a variety of audiences, using written, oral, and visual and graphical communication.