MAE 310 Heat Transfer Fundamentals – SSII 5 Week
3 Credit Hours
Analysis of steady state and transient one and multidimensional heat conduction employing both analytical methods and numerical techniques. Integration of principles and concepts of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics to the development of practical convective heat transfer relations relevant to mechanical engineers. Heat transfer by the mechanism of radiation heat transfer.
Prerequisite
Prerequisite: MA 341 and C- or better in MAE 201
Course Objectives
The students will be asked to demonstrate their knowledge of the material covered in MAE 310 through their mastery of the following course objectives. Through the study of MAE 310 the students will be able to:
1. Determine surface temperature or heat rate by performing control surface energy balances;
2. Calculate heat rate using Fourier’s law, Newton’s law of cooling, and the Stefan-Boltzmann law;
3. Calculate interface temperatures, and or, heat rates for 1-D steady state heat transfer problems using the electrical resistance circuit analogy;
4. Determine the temperature distribution, heat rate, and performance of 1-D fins;
5. Determine 2D steady-state temperature distributions using finite difference techniques;
6. Determine 1D transient temperature distributions using separation of variables and finite difference techniques;
7. Determine 3D transient temperature distributions using the product solution technique;
8. Understand the concept of a velocity and thermal boundary layer, calculate boundary layer thickness, displacement thickness, momentum thickness, wall shear stress and convective heat transfer coefficient and determine whether the boundary layer is laminar or turbulent;
9. Calculate convective heat transfer rates for external forced convection of flat plates, cylinders, spheres and tube bundles;
10. Calculate convective heat transfer rates for internal laminar and turbulent flow for fully developed and developing flows;
11. Calculate convective heat transfer rates for buoyancy driven flows over flat plates, cylinders, spheres and in enclosures;
12. Determine the total and spectral blackbody emissive powers, surface radiation properties and radiation view factors;
13. Calculate surface temperature or heat rate of gray diffuse surface enclosures.
Course Requirements/Rubric
Homeworks 15%
Test 1 15%
Test 2 15%
Test 3 15%
Final Exam 40%
Textbooks
Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 8th Ed, by Bergman, Lavine, Incropera & DeWitt, John Wiley & Sons, 2020.
Software Requirements
Access to standard engineering software (MATLAB, Excel, etc.) MATLAB is accessible through the Virtual Computing Lab.
Created : 02/2024