White-hot steel pours like water from a 35-ton electric furnace, Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp., Brackenridge, PA, circa 1941. (Courtesy Alfred T. Palmer / Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - U.S. Office of War Information Collection. This image is in the public domain.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Chris Schuh
MIT Course Number
3.044
As Taught In
Spring 2013
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course is focused on physical understanding of materials processing, and the scaling laws that govern process speed, volume, and material quality. In particular, this course will cover the transport of heat and matter as these topics apply to materials processing.