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Textbook Information
The course will be taught from:
Lienhard, J.H. A Heat Transfer Textbook. 3rd ed. Lexington, MA: Phlogiston Press, 2003, ISBN: 9780971383524.
This book is available without charge in a hyperlinked PDF format (HTML). If you already own a different comprehensive textbook, consult the instructor about its suitability for this course.
The following references are also available:
Mills, A.F. Basic Heat and Mass Transfer. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999. ISBN: 9780130962478.
Baehr, H.D., and K. Stephan. Heat and Mass Transfer. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1998. ISBN: 9783540636953.
Also see: Howell, J.R. Radiation Configuration Factors. 2nd ed.
| Lec # |
Topics |
Readings |
| 1 |
Modes of Heat Transfer |
Chapter 1 |
| 2 |
CONDUCTION: Resistances; Energy Equation |
Chapter 2 |
| 3 |
Energy equation, Biot number |
§§ 4.1-4.4 |
| 4 |
Fins |
§ 4.5 |
| 5 |
Lumped Capacity |
§ 1.3, §§ 5.1-5.2 |
| 6 |
Transient conduction |
§§ 5.3-5.5 |
| 7 |
Semi-infinite bodies |
§ 5.6 |
| 8 |
Multidimensional conduction |
§§ 5.7-5.8 |
| 9 |
Numerical simulation |
Handout |
| 10 |
CONVECTION Conservation equations |
§§ 6.1-6.4 |
| 11 |
Laminar boundary layers |
§§ 6.5-6.6 |
| 12 |
Integral methods |
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| 13 |
Internal flows |
§§ 7.1-7.2 |
| 14 |
Turbulence |
§§ 6.8-6.9, § 7.3 |
| 15 |
Turbulence, noncircular ducts, crossflows |
§§ 7.4-7.6 |
| 16 |
Natural convection |
§§ 8.1-8.4 |
| 17 |
Condensation |
§ 8.5, § 9.9 |
| 18 |
MASS TRANSFER Mixtures, diffusion |
§§ 11.1-11.3 |
| 19 |
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| 20 |
Species conservation Analogy to heat transfer |
§§ 11.5, 11.7 |
| 21 |
Evaporative cooling |
§§ 11.8 |
| 22 |
RADIATION Black bodies |
§§ 1.3, §§ 10.1-10.2 |
| 23 |
View factors |
§§ 10.3 |
| 24 |
Gray body networks |
§§ 10.4 |
| 25 |
Spectral surfaces Solar radiation |
§§ 10.5-10.6 |