Course Learning Outcomes
- Sketch and interpret temperature distributions and heat flux distributions for mathematical models of heat conduction with planar and radial geometries, including heat generation
- Derive fundamental differential thermal energy equations and develop mathematical models for thermal-fluid systems
- Apply ODE methods to solve the differential heat transfer equations
- From an energy balance, derive the finite difference equations for conduction with surface convection
- For convective heat transfer over a flat plate with uniform surface or uniform wall heat flux, sketch and interpret hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layer thicknesses and profiles
- Develop and apply conduction and convection thermal circuits
- Choose and apply appropriate dimensionless correlations for external and internal flows to solve convection heat transfer problems
- Understand and apply the Reynolds Analogy for convection heat transfer
- Define and properly apply in an energy balance the following terms: emission, radiosity, irradiation, net radiation heat flux, emissivity, absorptivity, reflectivity, and transmissivity
- Understand the spectral characteristics of radiation heat transfer including black and gray surfaces
- Set up and solve combined conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer problems
- Apply fundamental heat transfer principles to perform heat exchanger design and performance calculations