ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ME 302  Heat Transfer --- Fall 2012--2013

 

Class

Date

Day

Topics

HW Set Due

Lecture 1

8-30

R

Review of conservation principles, heat transfer versus thermodynamics, heat versus work

 

Lecture 2

8-31

F

Survey of various modes of heat transfer, survey of solution strategy in various modes

 

Lecture 3

9-3

M

Conduction - the heat equation with generation

 

Lecture 4

9-4

T

Conduction - effect of boundary conditions & initial condition (on transient problems)

Set 1, 2 

Lecture 5

9-6

R

Conduction - one-dimensional, steady-state problems in Cartesian/cylindrical coordinates, thermal resistance analogy

Lecture 6

9-7

F

Conduction - contact resistance, critical thickness

Set 3, 4

Lecture 7

9-10

M

Conduction - extended surfaces (governing equation, boundary conditions, solutions)

 

Lecture 8

9-11

T

Conduction - measure of fin performance

Set 5, 6

Lecture 9

9-13

R

Conduction - lumped capacitance method

Lecture 10

9-14

F

Conduction - one-dimensional, transient problems (analytical solution)

Set 7, 8

Lecture 11

9-17

M

Conduction - one-dimensional, transient problems (numerical solution)

 

Lecture 12

9-18

T

Review of conduction

Set 9, 10

Lecture 13

9-20

R

Exam 1 (Lecture 1 - 11)

Lecture 14

9-21

F

Convection - fundamental physics, laminar versus turbulent boundary layers, coupling between momentum & energy equations

Set 11

Lecture 15

9-24

M

Forced convection over flat plate (analytical solution)

 

Lecture 16

9-25

T

Effect of turbulence, foundation of empirical approach - dimensional analysis

Set 14

Lecture 17

9-27

R

Forced convection over cylinder in crossflow, phenomenon of flow separation

Lecture 18

9-28

F

Forced convection over sphere, tube bank

Set 15, 16

Lecture 19

10-1

M

Forced convection in circular tube - entrance region versus fully developed region

 

Lecture 20

10-2

T

Natural convection over vertical plate, horizontal plate

Set 17, 18

Lecture 21

10-4

R

Natural convection over inclined plate, cylinder, sphere

 

Lecture 22

10-5

F

Natural convection in internal flow

Set 19, 20

Lecture 23

10-8

M

Review of convection

Set 21, 22

Lecture 24

10-9

T

Exam 2 (Lecture 14 - 23)

 

Fall Break

Lecture 25

10-15

M

Combined forced and natural convection

Lecture 26

10-16

T

Radiation - blackbody case

 

Lecture 27

10-18

R

Radiation - intensity for gray and diffuse surface

 

Lecture 28

10-19

F

Radiation - spectral & directional dependence

Set 25, 26

Lecture 29

10-22

M

Radiation - radiative properties: absorption, reflection, transmission

 

Lecture 30

10-23

T

Radiation - atmospheric & solar radiation

Set 27, 28

Lecture 31

10-25

R

Radiation - view factor relations

 

Lecture 32

10-26

F

Radiation - blackbody exchange, space resistance

Set 29, 30

Lecture 33

10-29

M

Radiation - gray surface exchange

 

Lecture 34

10-30

T

Radiation - enclosure and shield

 

Lecture 35

11-1

R

Review of radiation

 

Lecture 36

11-2

F

Exam 3 (Lecture 25 - 35)

Set 31, 32

Lecture 37

11-5

M

Heat exchangers - types & classification

 

Lecture 38

11-6

T

Heat exchangers - overall heat transfer coefficient

Set 35, 36

Lecture 39

11-7

R

Heat exchangers - LMTD method

 

Lecture 40

11-8

F

Heat exchangers - e-NTU method

 

Final

TBD