MAE 6510
Advanced Heat Transfer
An advanced treatment of conduction and convection from a theoretical perspective. Topics include: conservation of linear momentum in integral and differential forms; steady state and transient conduction; boundary layer flows with emphasis on laminar conditions; scale analysis; forced and natural convection; internal and external flows; fundamentals of radiative exchange between surfaces and relationship to problems of environmental importance (e.g., global climate change); numerical simulation to solve conduction and convection problems.
Topics
- Students will be able to develop a capability to theoretically analyze problems in conduction, convection and radiation from a more advanced perspective than an undergraduate course.
- Students will be able to reduce a physical thermal problem to a set of differential equations based on the laws of thermodynamics: predict heat transfer rates for various conduction, convection and radiation configurations.
- Students will be able to become familiar with a commercial code (ANSYS-FLUENT) for solving problems in conduction and convection.
- Students will be able to use scale analysis to 'solve' complex problems in convection.
Official roster learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027