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MEG507 Advanced Heat Transfer

Program and Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Instructor Contact Information Office Hours Bulletin Course Description Mechanical Engineering Program MEG 507 Advanced Heat Transfer 3 Dr. TieJun (TJ) Zhang Email: tjzhang@masdar.ac.ae Tel: +971 2 810 9424 Sunday 4-5pm & Tuesday 2-4pm at Building 1A, Level 1 Advanced treatment of fundamental aspects of heat transport including: conservation laws, steady and transient heat conduction, laminar and turbulent convection, phase-change heat transfer including evaporation, boiling and condensation, thermal radiation physics, heat and mass transfer analogy. Problems and examples include theory and applications drawn from a spectrum of design, manufacturing, and energy system problems. Undergraduate thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer, or equivalents None Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: Propose appropriate solutionsfor a variety of heat transfer problems model multi-dimensional and transient thermal conduction problems analyze fins with heat generation and various boundary conditions model and analyze heat transfer in internal and external flows Assess free convection heat transfer problems model condensation, evaporation and boiling model radiative exchange in complex geometries model coupled heat transfer modes

Pre-requisites Co-requisites Course Objectives (Learning Outcomes of the Course)

Week 1 2 3 4 5

Course Topics and Contents Review of conservation principles and heat transfer mechanisms One-dimensional, steady-state heat conduction Extended surfaces (fins) Steady-state two- and three-dimensional heat conduction Unsteady heat conduction and moving boundary problems

6 7 8 9 10

Differential and integral equations for the boundary layer Convection heat transfer in laminar internal flows Convection heat transfer in laminar external boundary layers Convection heat transfer in turbulent flows Natural convection Mid-Semester Break

11 12 13 14 15

Film condensation, film evaporation and pool boiling Forced convective (internal flow) boiling and heat pipe Physics of radiation and radiative properties Radiation exchange between surfaces Coupled mode heat transfer and heat/mass transfer analogy Final Exam

Relationship of course objectives to program outcomes Program Outcome 1 Program Outcome 2 Program Outcome 3 Successfully apply advanced concepts of fundamental sciences and engineering to identify, formulate and solve complex mechanical engineering problems. Successfully apply advanced concepts of mechanical engineering to the analysis, design and development of systems, components, or processes to meet desired needs of society professionally and ethically. Use advanced techniques, skills, and modern scientific and engineering software tools for professional practice.

Out-of-class assignments Homework Course Project Ten homework assignments, each due at the end of the week following its assignment date A theoretical, experimental or numerical simulation project confirmed before spring break and due in the last week of classes

Course Grading Homework Two Quizzes Course project 30 % 2 x 15 % 20 %

Final Exam Total

20 % 100 %

Class schedule and Methodology Class Teaching and learning methodologies The class meets 15 weeks, 2 lectures per week, 75 minutes each. A combination of smart board, white board use, power-point slide presentation, and interactive class discussions to encourage student participation and enhance the learning.

Course Materials Textbook(s) Recommended Readings Heat Transfer, by A. F. Mills, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1999.

Instructional material and resources

Recent journal papers published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Applied Thermal Engineering, etc. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, by F. P. Incropera, D. P. DeWitt, T. L. Bergman, A. S. Lavine, 7th Edition, Wiley, 2011 Heat Conduction, by Y. Yener and S. Kakac, 4th Edition, Taylor and Francis, 2008. Convective Heat and Mass Transfer, by W. Kays, M. Crawford and B. Weigand, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2005. Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer, by J. R. Howell, R. Siegel and M. P. Menquc, 5th Edition, CRC Press, 2011. A course website (Moodle) will be set at the beginning of the semester where all necessary course material will be posted including course notes, homework assignments and solutions, available computational software tools and manuals.

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