Advanced Heat Transfer ME 463
 

 

Course Description

 

Heat conduction in solids: steady and transient states; finned surfaces and multidimensional objects; numerical methods through use of the computer. Free and forced convection from theoretical and experimental viewpoints for laminar and turbulent flows in ducts, over flat plates and blunt bodies, through tube bundles and packed beds. Introduction to the concept of scale analysis; integral methods and similarity solutions. Film condensation and boiling. Radiative heat transfer; properties and shape factors.

Prerequisites

  • Math 401

 

3 lecture hours
3 semester hours