ABSTRACT

Th ere are three sources of information available to engineers to aid in solving a complex transport phenomena problem. Full-scale experiments, subscale or laboratory experiments, and analysis. Computational transport phenomena is now an accepted methodology for providing dependable analysis. Production quality computer codes are not something that one undertakes to write when a specifi c problem arises. Th ere are several companies which provide computational services of a high quality, at a price. Th ere are many codes which have been generated and may be available as shareware to investigate a particular process. Th is chapter is designed to provide one with the background to assess when a computational analysis would be benefi cial to a project and what type of computational tool would be appropriate for such an analysis. Finally, mastery of the material presented herein would allow one to make an informed decision as to whether the individual could perform the required computational analysis, or whether a code or vendor could provide the analysis, or whether the problem is so complex that the current state of the art of CTP is insuffi cient to even attempt using such methodology.