Teaching

Graduate level (Ph.D. and master) modules:
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    • ME6303: Advanced Fluid Mechanics (Part II: Turbulent Flows), AY 2018/2019 Semester 1
Module title Advanced Fluid Mechanics (ME6303)
Target student Ph.D. and master students
Prerequisite module fluid mechanics or aerodynamics
Evaluation method Example paper 1 (25%) + Example paper 2 (25%) + Module project (50%)
Reference book 1, Turbulent Flows, S.B. Pope, Cambridge University Press, 2000
2, A First Course in Turbulence, H. Tennekes and J.L. Lumley, The MIT Press, 1972
3, An Introduction to Turbulent Reacting Flows, R.S. Cant and E. Mastorakos, Imperial College Press, 2007
Module syllabus There are six lectures in total for the 2nd part of this module:
– Lecture 1: Statistical description and scale theory for turbulence
– Lecture 2: Governing equation and turbulence dynamics
– Lecture 3: Turbulent transport
– Lecture 4: Boundary-free shear flows
– Lecture 5: Wall-bounded shear flows
– Lecture 6: Modelling strategy of turbulent flows

  • ME6205: Advanced Topics in Heat and Mass Transfer (Part I: Heat Transfer), AY 2018/2019 Semester 2
Module title Advanced Topics in Heat and Mass Transfer (ME6205)
Target student Ph.D. and master students
Prerequisite module thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, fundamental of heat transfer.
Evaluation method Example paper 1 (25%) + Example paper 2 (25%) + Final Exam (50%)
Reference book 1, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, F. Incropera and D. P. Dewitt, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 5th edition, 2002
2, Radiative Heat Transfer, M. F. Modest, Academic Press, 3rd edition, 2013
3, Combustion Physics, C. K. Law, Cambridge University Press, 2006
4, Theoretical and Numerical Combustion, T. Poinsot and D. Veynante, Edwards, 2001
Module syllabus There are six lectures in total for the 1st part of this module:
– Lecture 1: Transient conduction
– Lecture 2: Convection
– Lecture 3: Fundamentals of radiation
– Lecture 4: Radiation exchange between surfaces
– Lecture 5: Premixed flames
– Lecture 6: Non-premixed flames
  • ME6204: Convective Heat Transfer (Part I: Laminar Flows), AY 2019/2020 Semester 1
Module title Convective Heat Transfer (ME6204)
Target student Ph.D. and master students
Prerequisite module thermodynamics, fundamentals of fluid mechanics and heat transfer
Evaluation method CA (30%)  + Final Exam (70%)
Reference book 1,    Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, F. Incropera and D. P. Dewitt, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 5th edition, 2002

2, Convective Heat and Mass Transfer, Kays, W.M. , Crawford, M.E. and Weigand, B., McGraw-Hill, 2005

3, Introduction to Convective Heat Transfer Analysis, Oosthuizen, Patrick H.  and Naylor, David, McGraw-Hill, 1999

Module syllabus There are six lectures in total for the 1st part of this module:
– Lecture 1: Fundamentals of fluid mechanics & heat transfer
– Lecture 2: Boundary layer theory
– Lecture 3: Laminar internal flows
– Lecture 4: Laminar external flows
– Lecture 5: Natural and mixed convection
– Lecture 6: Convective transport of particles/droplets
  • Online teaching resources for fluid mechanics:
  1. Illustrated Experiments in Fluid Mechanics by National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films (NCFMF).