COURSE NUMBER:
ME 335 |
COURSE TITLE:
Heat Transfer |
REQUIRED COURSE OR ELECTIVE COURSE:
Required |
TERMS OFFERED:
Fall, Winter, Spring |
TEXTBOOK / REQUIRED MATERIAL:
Bergman, Lavine, Incropera, Dewitt, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 7th ed., Wiley (2011) / Kaviany, Principles of Heath Transfer, 1st ed., Wiley (2001) |
PRE / CO-REQUISITES:
Enforced pre-req of C in ME 320. I, II, IIIa (3 credits) |
COGNIZANT FACULTY:
J. Fu |
COURSE TOPICS:
- Different modes of heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation) and their rate equations.
- Thermodynamics first and second laws.
- Thermal properties of matter including thermal conductivity.
- Heat diffusion equation.
- Boundary and initial conditions.
- 1-D, steady-state heat conduction in Cartesian and Radial systems.
- Thermal resistance and thermal circuit modeling.
- 1-D, steady-state heat conduction from extended surfaces (fin problems).
- Transient conduction and lumped capacitance method.
- Velocity and thermal boundary layers.
- Boundary layer equations and similarity and Reynolds Analogy.
- Thermal analysis for fully developed laminar flow in circular tubes.
- Heat transfer correlations for forced internal and external convection.
- Heat transfer correlations for free convection.
- Radiation intensity and blackbody radiation.
- Emission, absorption, reflection, and transmission by real surfaces.
- View factor and radiation exchange between surfaces.
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BULLETIN DESCRIPTION:
Different modes of heat transfer; thermal properties; heat diffusion equation; steady-state heat conduction; thermal circuit modeling; heat transfer from extended surfaces; lumped capacitance model; convection boundary layers; boundary layer equations and similarity; forced convection and free convection; blackbody radiation; emission, absorption, and reflection by real surfaces; radiation exchange between surfaces.
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COURSE STRUCTURE/SCHEDULE:
Lecture: 2 days per week at 1.5 hours |
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
for each course objective, links to the Program Outcomes are identified
in brackets.
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- To make students familiar with fundamental heat transfer concepts: conservation of energy, mechanisms of energy conversion, and mechanisms of heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation) [1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11]
- To teach students how to apply energy balance analysis for integraland differentialcontrol volumes. [1, 3, 5, 11]
- To make students familiar with thermal circuit analysis for engineering systems and calculations for conduction, convection, and radiation thermal resistances. [1, 2, 3, 5, 11]
- To make students familiar with the lumped capacitance method for transient conduction problems in engineering systems [1, 3, 5, 11]
- To teach students how to use heat transfer correlations for convection problems involved in engineering systems. [1, 2, 3, 5, 11]
- To teach the physicas of theral radiation, view factor, and radiation exchange between surfaces. [1, 3, 5, 11]
- To enable students to perform thermal analysis of practical engineering problems using heat transfer concepts [1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11]
- To teach students the relation of thermal systems analysis to environmental concerns [4, 6, 8, 9, 10]
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COURSE OUTCOMES:
for each course outcome, links to the Course Objectives are identified
in brackets.
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- An ability to apply conservation of energy principles for engineering systems [1-8]
- An ability to relate the rate of heat transfer to the potential for heat flow (difference in temperature) and thermal resistances [1, 3, 5, 7]
- An ability to determine thermal resistance for conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer, using fundamental relationships and correlations. [1, 3, 5, 6, 7}4. An ability to perform thermal circuit analysis for engineering systems. [1, 3, 5, 6, 7]
- An ability to perform thermal circuit analysis for engineering systems. [1, 3, 5, 6, 7]
- An ability to design thermal systems for various thermal engineering applications [1-8]
- A knowledge of modern thermal science and its impact on environmental concerns. [1-8]
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ASSESSMENT TOOLS:
for each assessment tool, links to the course outcomes are identified
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- Regular homework problems.
- Midterm and final exams.
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