Environmental Transport Processes and Fluid Dynamics

How do chemical substances, heat, and pollutants disperse through our oceans, rivers, and atmosphere? To solve critical environmental challenges, you must understand the fundamental physical processes that govern fluid movement and mass transport. This course provides a clear, structured path to mastering the mechanics of transport phenomena in the natural environment. You will start with core physical principles and build up to practical modeling techniques. By reading through real-world scenarios and step-by-step mathematical derivations, you will gain the analytical skills needed to predict pollutant behavior and design sustainable environmental solutions. What you'll learn: Understand the foundational principles of advection, diffusion, and dispersion in fluids; Analyze how turbulent mixing influences substance transport in rivers and the atmosphere; Model the transport of contaminants in groundwater and surface water systems; Apply mass balance equations to predict concentration profiles over time; Evaluate environmental impact scenarios using modern transport modeling concepts. The course begins with essential terminology, fluid properties, and mass balance fundamentals, before guiding you through advection-diffusion equations and turbulent mixing mechanics. This text-only course is designed for beginners, aspiring environmental engineers, and science students, requiring only basic calculus and physics. Start reading today to master the transport processes that shape our environment.