MAE 123Introduction to Transport in Porous Media
Introduction to groundwater flow. Pollution transport through the water table. Fundamentals of flow. Single- and multi-phase flow. Darcy law. Well hydraulics. Diffusion and dispersion. Gravity currents and plumes in porous media. Chemistry of fluid-solid interactions. Fundamentals of adsorption and surface reactions.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “MAE 105, or consent of instructor .”
Where it sits in degree plans
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- Mechanical Engineering with a Specialization in Renewable Energy and Environmental Flows (B.S.)