MIXING AND TRANSPORT IN THE ENVIRONMENT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( CIV ENGR/G L E 291 , COMP SCI 220 , or E C E 203 ) and ( CIV ENGR 310 or M E 363 ), graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recall the principles of conservation of mass, advective mass flux and Fick’s law for diffusive mass flux Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Apply the fundamental solution to the diffusion equation and use the principle of superposition to construct new solutions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Calculate the diffusivity given data of concentration distribution over time, and conversely, calculate the concentration distribution over time given the diffusivity Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Calculate new solutions to advection-diffusion equation by modifying known solutions to include first-order reactions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Explain the differences between molecular diffusion, turbulent diffusion and shear flow dispersion Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Apply models of mass transfer at boundaries to compute interfacial mass exchange between air-water and sediment-water interfaces Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Evaluate the importance of mixing and transport processes in environmental processes and assess the utility of different types of solutions. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recall the principles of conservation of mass, advective mass flux and Fick’s law for diffusive mass flux Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Apply the fundamental solution to the diffusion equation and use the principle of superposition to construct new solutions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Calculate the diffusivity given data of concentration distribution over time, and conversely, calculate the concentration distribution over time given the diffusivity Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Calculate new solutions to advection-diffusion equation by modifying known solutions to include first-order reactions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Explain the differences between molecular diffusion, turbulent diffusion and shear flow dispersion Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Apply models of mass transfer at boundaries to compute interfacial mass exchange between air-water and sediment-water interfaces Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Evaluate the importance of mixing and transport processes in environmental processes and assess the utility of different types of solutions. Audience: Graduate