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(Final — 22 November 2007) Petroleum Engineering 620 — Fluid Flow in Petroleum Reservoirs Syllabus and Administrative Procedures Fall 2007 Petroleum Engineering 620 Instructor: Dr. Tom Blasingame Texas AM University/College of Engineering Office: Richardson 815/drop-ins welcome MWF 11:30.-12:20 RICH 302 TL: +1.979.845.2292 Alternate class meetings as needed (Will be announced in advance) EM: t-blasingame@ Required Texts/Resources: (*Book must be purchased. #Out of Print/Public Domain — Electronic file to be made available by instructor.) *1. Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists, M.R. Spiegel, Schaums Series (1971). #2. Handbook of Mathematical Functions, M. Abramowitz and I. Stegun, Dover Pub. (1972). #3. Table of Laplace Transforms, G.E. Roberts and H. Kaufman, W.B. Saunder, Co. (1964). #4. Numerical Methods, R.W. Hornbeck, Quantum Publishers, Inc., New York (1975). #5. Approximations for Digital Computers: Hastings, C., Jr., et al, Princeton U. Press, Princeton, New Jersey (1955). #6. Handbook for Computing Elementary Functions: L.A. Lyusternik, et al, Pergamon Press, (1965). Optional Texts/Resources: (+Special order at MSC Bookstore or check TAMU library. #Local bookstores) #1. Calculus, 4th edition: Frank Ayres and Elliot Mendelson, Schaums Outline Series (1999) (Remedial text) #2. Differential Equations, 2nd edition: Richard Bronson, Schaums Outline Series (1994) (Remedial text) #3. Laplace Transforms, M.R. Spiegel, Schaums Outline Series (1965) (Remedial text) #4. Numerical Analysis, F. Scheid, Schaums Outline Series, McGraw-Hill Book Co, New York (1968). (Remedial text) +5. Conduction of Heat in Solids, 2nd edition, H. Carslaw and J. Jaeger, Oxford Science Publications (1959). (very important/historical) +6. The Mathematics of Diffusion, 2nd edition, J. Crank, Oxford Science Publications (1975). (important/historical) +7. Table of Integrals, Series, and Products, I.S. Gradshteyn and I.M. Ryzhik, Academic Press (1980).