Heat Transfer

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: MECHENG 320; and fewer than two previous elections of MECHENG 335, including grades of W & I ; No OP/F . Minimum grade requirement of “C” for enforced prerequisite. (3 credits) Different modes of heat transfer; Thermal properties; Heat diffusion equation; Steady-state heat conduction; Thermal circuit modeling; Heat transfer from extended surfaces; Lumped capacitance model; Convection boundary layers; Boundary layer equations and similarity; Forces convection and free conviction; Blackbody radiation; Emission, absorption, and reflection by real surfaces; Radiation exchange between surfaces.