Readings are chapters/sections from the following books:
[A] Ashby, M. F. Materials Selection in Mechanical Design. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005. ISBN: 0750661682.
[BSL] Bird, R. B., W. E. Stewart, and E. N. Lightfoot. Transport Phenomenon. New York, NY: J. Wiley and Sons, 2002. ISBN: 0471410772.
[F] Flemings, M. Solidification Processing. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1974. ISBN: 007021283X.
[ID] Incropera, F. P., and D. P. DeWitt. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer. 5th ed. New York, NY: J. Wiley and Sons, 2002. ISBN: 0471386502.
[PG] Poirier, D. R., and G. H. Geiger. Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing. Warrendale, PA: Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, 1994. ISBN: 0873392728.
Course readings.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
MOTIVATING PROCESSES |
Readings |
| L1 |
Introduction |
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| R1 |
Math Review |
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| I. Solid Heat Treatment |
| L2 |
Introduction
Energy Conservation and 1-D Conduction |
Various |
ID 1.3 |
| L3 |
Sphere Generation
Multilayers |
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PG 9.4 |
| L4 |
Multilayers (cont.)
Biot #
Finite Differences |
Glass-ceramics |
ID 5.9
Timestepping Algorithms and the Enthalpy Method (PDF) -- an excerpt from Prof. Powell's notes for MIT course 3.021J Spring 2005. |
| R2 |
Heat Flow through Multilayer Sheet and Cylinder |
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| L5 |
Finite Differences (cont.)
Radiation |
Polymer Extrusion |
ID 12 |
| L6 |
Dimensional Analysis |
Furnace Wall |
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| L7 |
Radiation (cont.)
Convective Cooling Curves
Dimensionless Graphs |
Thermal Spray |
PG 9.3 |
| R3 |
Dimensional Analysis |
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| L8 |
Convective Cooling Curves (cont.) |
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| II. Engineering Economics |
| L9 |
Introduction |
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Kirchain, R., and F. Field. "Process-Based Cost Modeling: Understanding the Economics of Technical Decisions." In Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering. Vol. 2. San Diego, CA: Elsevier, 2001, pp. 1718-27. ISBN: 0080431526. |
| L10 |
Cost Modeling I: Unit Operations |
Pizza Oven |
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| R4 |
Economic Models in Engineering |
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| L11 |
Cost Modeling II: Cost Factors and Scale |
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| III. Liquid-Solid Processing |
| L12 |
Moving Bodies |
Vacuum Arc Remelting |
PG 10.1-10.3 |
| L13 |
Moving Bodies (cont.)
Stability |
Casting |
F |
| R5 |
Casting: Solid-Liquid Process |
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| L14 |
Stability in Alloy Solidification |
Injection Molding |
F |
| IV. Fluid Behavior |
| L15 |
Introduction
Newtonian Fluids |
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BSL 1.1-1.2, 2.1-2.2 |
| L16 |
Test 1 |
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| R6 |
Fluid Flow and Drag Force on a Sphere, with Examples |
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| L17 |
Viscous Shear |
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| L18 |
Tubes
Flow Rate
Sphere Flow |
Precipitation, Bubbles |
BSL 6.1-6.3 |
| L19 |
Sphere Drag and Reynolds Number |
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| L20 |
Engineering and Society
Particle Velocity |
Lessons of 9/11 |
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| L21 |
Friction Factors
Boundary Layers |
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| L22 |
Plate Drag
Turbulence |
Fermentation |
BSL 5.1-5.2
Video: Turbulence, from the series of Fluid Mechanics Films produced in 1969 by the National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films. |
| R7 |
Friction Factors and Drag Forces
Turbulence |
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| L23 |
Turbulence (cont.) |
Fermentation |
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| L24 |
Batch and Continuous Flow Reactors |
Fermentation |
BSL 23.1 |
| L25 |
Chemical Reactors
Porous Media |
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| R8 |
Batch/Continuous Flow Reactors
Flow through Porous Media |
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| L26 |
Porous Media (cont.) |
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| V. Deformation Processing |
| L27 |
Non-newtonian Flow |
Various |
BSL 8.3, 8.4 |
| L28 |
Deformation Mechanisms |
Polymers, Metals |
A 7.5, 7.6 |
| R9 |
Test 2 Review
Warm Up Practice Problems |
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| L29 |
Sintering |
HIP, CM |
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| L30 |
Test 2 |
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| L31 |
Consolidation Processes |
HIP, CM |
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| VI. Vapor-Solid Processes |
| L32 |
Evaporation Processes |
Zirconia PVD |
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| R10 |
Sintering (Stage I and Stage II)
Evaporation |
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| L33 |
Vapor Phase Transport
Structure Formation |
Thin Films |
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| L34 |
Patterning
Polymer Deposition |
Polymer Sputter |
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| L35 |
Coherent/Expitaxial Films
Nanostructure Formation |
VLS |
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| R11 |
Mean Free Path
Structure Zone Model
Fabrication Processes |
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| VII. Special Topics |
| L36 |
Process Selection |
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| L37 |
Costs of Materials Usage |
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| L38 |
Wrap Up |
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