Instructor: Pietro Giannattasio
Number of hours: 8
SSD: ING-IND/08

Learning objectives: The main aim of the course is to provide a unified view of the transport phenomena of species, momentum, and energy, highlighting their common conceptual basis and thereby justifying the general structure of the conservation equations that describe the behavior of fluid systems. A further objective is to show how transport effects—particularly diffusive transport in laminar and turbulent flows—are crucial for reaction rates in combustion processes and for the structure of both diffusion and premixed flames.
Applied knowledge and understanding: By the end of the course, students will be able to understand and identify convective and diffusive transport phenomena of species, momentum, and energy in reacting flows.
Autonomy of judgment: Students will develop the ability to critically assess the applicability of the concepts learned to problems involving convective and diffusive transport of species, momentum, and energy in reacting flows.
Communication skills: Students will acquire the ability to communicate and discuss issues related to the subject of the course. They will be able to use appropriate technical terminology to present topics clearly and rigorously.
Learning skills: Students will have acquired the fundamental knowledge and tools needed to approach the theoretical study of convective and diffusive transport phenomena of species, momentum, and energy in reacting flows.

Course contents:
The course contents are designed to contribute to the fundamental academic training of PhD students in the field of thermo-fluid dynamics and, more broadly, in energy and environmental engineering. In particular, the course provides the basic elements for understanding convective and diffusive transport phenomena in primarily gaseous flows, with particular—though not exclusive—emphasis on the effects of molecular and turbulent transport in combustion processes.

Teaching methods: lectures
Assessment methods: final written report
Additional information: the course can be delivered in English if required