2008 SBS 481 Web Materials (pdf files only)

Week
Lecture slides
Handouts & background
Lab & Homework Assignments
Word problems
Feedback
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1.Course goals and approaches2.Reynolds numbers

Syllabus

Course Mechanics

Starting Assessment

Questionnaire

Primary Dimensions and SI Units

Derived Quantities and their Units

Granular materials WP1, Dimensional homogeneity and unit conversions

Granular materials

Surface tension

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3.Flumes

4.Boundary layers

Viscosity and density vs. temperature

BBL terminology

Reynolds numbers: cylinders in cross flow WP2, Boundary-layer thickness and bed shear stresses  
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5.Bluff Bodies

6.Stokes law and drag

  WP3, Reynolds numbers in the last couple of assighments Horshoe vortex
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7.Microenvironments Drag and lift WP4, Roughness Re Drag and lift
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No lecture today; review session instead

Review outline for Exam I;

2006 version of exam

For the lab assignment, see the bottom of p.2 on the 3D flow handout above. No WP due this week 2006 feedback on exam
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Answer key
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Fall Break
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8.Burrowing mechanics Burrowing    
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9.Suspension feeding Suspension feeding   Suspension feeding
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10.Diffusion   Stirring and mixing Diffusion Word Problem
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11.Advection & diffusion

Review outline for Exam II;

2004 version of exam

2004 feedback on exam
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Exam II, emphasizing mass transfer
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Comprehensive Final, including information transfer

Also, see the useful links page. In order to allow annotation, I have not placed the links in the tabular format used above for class materials. It adds new material relevant to weekly topics, but many of the early listed links remain relevant but are not repeated, so please revisit them frequently.