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2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MAE 539 - Interfacial Phenomena and Phase Change

(3 units)

Prerequisite(s):  Open to Mechanical Engineering MS, Aerospace Engineering MS, Chemical Engineering MS, or Engineering MS students only.
Thermodynamics of interfacial phenomena. Liquid-vapor interface. Wetting phenomena and contact angles. Interfacial  transport and stability. Phase transitions, phase stability and Homogeneous nucleation. Heterogeneous nucleation and pool boiling. External condensation. Two-phase flow. Internal convective boiling and condensation.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture-Problems 3 hours).