CRCD - Site Map ME 437: Particle Transport, Deposition, and Removal I Engineering Mathematics Engineering Mathematics Viscous Flows Navier-Stokes Equation, Vorticity, Stream Function, Exact Solutions, Drag on Spherical Particles, Creeping Flows, Nonspherical Particles. Review of Computational Fluid Mechanics Introduction to Fluent and Gambit. Aerosols Introduction to Aerosols, Drag, Lift Forces, Aerosol Kinetics, Virtual Mass, Basset Forces, and the BBO Equation, Nonspherical Particles, Brownian Motions, Particle Deposition Mechanisms (Mass Diffusion, Diffusion to a Cylinder, Inertia Impaction) Aerosol Coagulation. Particle Adhesion Van der Waals Force, JKR and Other Adhesion Models, Particle Adhesion and Removal, Effects of Charge, Effect of Humidity, Ultrasonic and Megasonic Cleaning. Simulation Methods Laminar Flow Simulation, Particle Transport and Deposition in Laminar Flow. Experimental Techniques Particle Adhesion and Resuspension, Aerosol Sampling Techniques, Clean Room Operation, Advanced Surface Cleaning Techniques (Laser, Cryogenic, Ultrasonic). Applications Microcontamination Control, Xerography, Clean Room and Process Equipment, Filtration Processes and Gas Cleaning (Cyclone). ME 537: Fluid Mechanics of Aerosols Engineering Mathematics Engineering Mathematics Viscous Flows Navier-Stokes Equation, Vorticity, Stream Function, Exact Solutions, Drag on Spherical Particles, Creeping Flows, Nonspherical Particles. Review of Computational Fluid Mechanics Introduction to Fluent and Gambit. Aerosols Introduction to Aerosols, Drag, Lift Forces, Aerosol Kinetics, Virtual Mass, Basset Forces, and the BBO Equation, Nonspherical Particles, Brownian Motions, Particle Deposition Mechanisms (Mass Diffusion, Diffusion to a Cylinder, Inertia Impaction) Aerosol Coagulation. Particle Adhesion Van der Waals Force, JKR and Other Adhesion Models, Particle Adhesion and Removal, Effects of Charge, Effect of Humidity, Ultrasonic and Megasonic Cleaning. Simulation Methods Laminar Flow Simulation, Particle Transport and Deposition in Laminar Flow. Experimental Techniques Particle Adhesion and Resuspension, Aerosol Sampling Techniques, Clean Room Operation, Advanced Surface Cleaning Techniques (Laser, Cryogenic, Ultrasonic). Applications Microcontamination Control, Xerography, Clean Room and Process Equipment, Filtration Processes and Gas Cleaning (Cyclone). ME 637: Particle Transport, Deposition, and Removal II Engineering Mathematics Special Functions, Differential Equations, Fourier Series, Laplace Transforms, Probability and Random Processes, Linear Systems, Useful Integrals, Vector Identities, Indicial Notation. Viscous Flows Navier-Stokes Equation, Vorticity, Stream Function, Exact Solutions, Drag on Spherical Particles, Creeping Flows, Nonspherical Particles. Review of Computational Fluid Mechanics Finite Difference and Finite Volume Methods, Spectral Method, Introduction to Gambit and Unstructured Fluent Code. Review of Turbulence and Turbulence Modeling Features of Turbulence, Reynolds Equation and Mixing Length Model, Energy Equations, Correlations and Scales, Vorticity Transport, Two-Equation Model, Stress Transport Models, Rate-Dependent Models, PDF Models. Aerosols Introduction to Aerosols, Drag, Lift Forces, Aerosol Kinetics, Virtual Mass, Basset Forces, and the BBO Equation, Review of Nonspherical Particles, Review of Brownian Motions, Review of Particle Deposition Mechanisms (Mass Diffusion, Diffusion to a Cylinder, Inertia Impaction) Aerosol Transport and Deposition in Turbulent Flows, Turbulence Wall Deposition Models, Particle Charging Mechanisms, Electrostatic Forces, Thermophoretic Forces, Aerosol Coagulation, Coagulation by Turbulence and Shear Fields. Particle Adhesion Van der Waals Force, JKR and Other Adhesion Models, Particle Adhesion and Removal, Effects of Charge, Effect of Humidity, Ultrasonic and Megasonic Cleaning. Colloids Introduction to Colloids, Double Layer Forces, Electrokinetic Phenomena. Simulation Methods Sublayer Model of Turbulence, Particle Deposition on Smooth and Rough Walls, Sublayer Simulation of Charged Particles, Approximage Simulation of Instantaneous Turbulent Flows, DNS and Large Eddy Simulation, Particle Transport and Deposition in Turbulent Flows, Brownian Motion of Nano-particles in Turbulent Flows, Nonspherical Particle Transport in Turbulent Flows. Experimental Techniques Turbulent Flow Measurement (Hot-Wire, PIV, Laser-Doppler), Particle Concentration and Velocity Measurement (Phase-Doppler, PIV), Particle Production, Aerosol Sampling Techniques, Aerosol Instrumentation, Clean Room Operation, Advanced Surface Cleaning Techniques (Laser, Cryogenic, Ultrasonic). Applications Microcontamination Control, Xerography, Clean Room and Process Equipment, Lung Deposition and Inhalation Drug Delivery, Filtration Processes and Gas Cleaning (Cyclone), Combustors and Boilers, Spray Formation.