After completing the reading, exercises, and the associated homework you should be able to:
Describe mathematically and in words the following terms
no-slip boundary condition
viscosity
shear stress and skin friction coefficient
Nusselt number
velocity boundary layer
thermal boundary layer
Explain why convection at a solid-fluid interface is really just conduction, and give
a mathematical expression for it
Describe how Prandtl number affects the relative thicknesses of momentum
(velocity) boundary layers to thermal boundary layers
Identify the appropriate Nusselt correlation to use based on
whether a flow is laminar or turbulent,
boundary condition, and/or
whether a local or average value of h is required
Discern between form drag and friction drag, and identify the major contributor to
each
Give the local variation of h (or Nu) with angle for flow around a cylinder or sphere
Note: Any term in bold is a key vocabulary term that you should be able to define, regardless of whether or not that is the specific learning objective.