Short Course Description
Credit points: 3.5
Prerequisites: Harmonic Analysis, Partial Differential Equation, Thermodynamics (1), Fluid mechanics (1)
Introduction to conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer.
Conduction: Fourier's law. One-dimensional problems in steady state. Heat exchanges. The general Heat Transfer equation and techniques for solution. Fins. Multi-dimensional problems in conduction. Transient problems.
Convection: The governing equations. Dimensional analysis. Similarity analysis. Flow in channels. Flow over external surfaces. Free convection.
Radiation: Basic laws of radiation. View factors. Heat transfer between black and grey surfaces.
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