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ME311 HEAT TRANSFER

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, students will

• learn modes of heat transfer and perform energy balances on systems that involve conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer
• apply the conduction equation to a given problem to determine the temperature distribution and heat fluxes in objects,
• understand the convective transfer equations and apply them to a heat transfer problem
• identify, formulate and solve problems involving external and internal convection heat transfer for various surface geometries,
• gain hands-on experience in heat transfer experimentation through a number of laboratory tests.

Course Content

1-D steady heat conduction, thermal resistances, extended surfaces. 2-D steady heat conduction, shape factor, finite difference methods. Transient conduction, lumped capacitance method, 1-D transient conduction, product solutions. Boundary layers, laminar and turbulent flow, convective transfer boundary layer equations, dimensionless parameters, Reynolds analogy. External flow, empirical correlations. Internal flow correlations. Free convection.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Ability to explain mechanisms of heat transfer

2. Ability to find heat fluxes using rate equations

3. Ability to perform control volume and surface energy balances

4. Knowlegde of thermal conductivity and finding its values in property tables

5. Ability to apply heat conduction equation to problems

6. Ability to formulate and solve steady and unsteady problems in one or more dimensions in different geometries with or without generation

7. Ability to analyse systems with heat transfer enhancement and to determine fin performance

8. Ability to perform numerical analysis of steady and transient conduction problems

9. Ability to understand basic convection principles and to appreciate the importance of boundary layer analysis

10. Ability to evaluate local and averaged heat transfer coefficients

11. Ability to define dimensionless numbers and to perform dimensional analysis

12. Ability to use boundary layer analogy between fluid friction and heat transfer

13. Solutions of boundary layer equations for laminar external and internal forced convection flows and ability to use the results in heat transfer problems

14. Solutions of boundary layer equations for laminar external free convection flows and ability to use the results in heat transfer problems

15. Ability to choose appropriate empirical correlations for laminar and turbulent forced and free convection problems and to use them in heat transfer problems

16. Familiarity with temperature measuring and other instruments and ability to use them in experiments

17. Ability to present test results in a written report

18. Ability to conduct the practical application of concepts and phenomena studied in the lectures 
 

Program Outcomes Matrix