ABET Criteria 2000 Course Description
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Office Hours and Info; Class/HW/Lab/Exam Policies (those documents are complementary parts to the Syllabus).
Catalog Description: 352. HEAT TRANSFER (3). Basic laws of heat transfer; steady state heat conduction, heat generation, and extended surfaces; unsteady and multidimensional conduction; analytical, graphical, and numerical solutions; external and internal forced convection; boundary layer theory; free convection, similarity and integral solutions; radiation properties and exchange between black and nonblack surfaces; numerical solutions techniques. PRQ: MEE 340 and MEE 350. CRQ: MEE 380.
Textbooks: Heat Transfer: A Practical Approach, Latest Edition, by Y.A. Cengel, WCB McGraw-Hill, Boston, MA, (TOC, Textbook Errata List)
Supplemental references: In addition to numerous references given in the Textbook, other references will be given during the lectures along with handouts and additional materials when appropriate (Homework - HW and supplemental materials).
Instructor: Dr. Milivoje Kostic, P.E., Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Tel: 753-9975, email: kostic@niu.edu ; Web www.kostic.niu.edu
Office and Class/Lab hours: See Web posted schedule at: Office Hours and Info. Office: EB 208.
Teaching Assistant:
Office and Class/Lab hours: See Web posted schedules and locations at: Office Info. Office: EB 254 Lab Tel: 753-1252; or in EB 231 (CAD/CAM Lab) Tel: 753-1255
Coverage of and Objectives with relationship to ABET Outcomes:
A-math&sci., c-design, d-teams, E- prb.solv., f-ethics, h-gen.ed., I-life-ed., j-contemp., K-modn.tools:
(capital letters: high and medium coverage, small letters: low coverage; see ABET Instruction Notes for more information)
1. Introduction to the course, including importance of professional ethics, engineering design, communications and teamwork, use of modern tools and life-long learning. Understand the physical concepts and laws of energy balance, heat transfer types, and related material properties. (Outcome A, c, d, E, f, h, I, j, K)
2. Understand the concepts of one-dimensional and multi-dimensional; steady and unsteady state conduction heat transfer, and relevant boundary and initial conditions. (Outcome A, E, I)
3. Use analytical and numerical solution techniques in solving specific heat conduction problems, including heat generation and extended surfaces (fins). (Outcome A, C, E, I, K)
4. Use analytical, graphical (temperature charts) and numerical solution techniques in solving specific transient heat conduction problems, including lumped and one-dimensional systems. (Outcome A, C, E, I, K)
5. Learn to implement numerical solution method into a programming code, and analyze heat conduction problems, including design methodology using computer programs to solve practical heat transfer problems. (Outcome A, C, E, I, K)
6. Understand the physical concepts, laws and governing equations of convection heat transfer. Understand the analysis of convection heat-transfer problems for laminar and turbulent flows in internal and external configurations, including the basics of the boundary layer concept. Learn to select and use of various empirical correlations for dimensionless and dimensional convection heat transfer coefficients. (Outcome A, C, E, I, K)
7. Learn concept of temperature-dependent buoyancy which causes natural free convection, and understand the dimensionless Grashof number used in correlations for free convective heat transfer calculations. (Outcome A, C, E, I, K)
8. Understand phase-change phenomena and latent heat of vaporization, including free convective, nucleate and film boiling, as well as dropwise and film condensation. (Outcome A, C, E, I, K)
9. Understand the physical concepts of electromagnetic waves, solar and infrared radiation, including laws for black body and gray body radiation. Understand the concepts of radiation properties such as emissivity, absorptivity, reflectivity and transmissivity. Carry out thermal radiation exchange analysis between black and gray surfaces and understand the view factors concept. (Outcome A, C, E, I, K)
10. Learn basic methodology in designing heat exchangers, including the log-mean temperature difference, over-all heat transfer coefficient, and the effectiveness-NTU methods. (Outcome A, C, E, I, K)
(For more information see ABET Instruction Notes)
Prerequisites by topic:
1. MEE 350 for all topics
2. MEE 340 for topics No. 6 ,7 ,8 and 10
3. Basics of MEE 380 for topic No. 5
Topics (and estimate hours): To HW
1. Basic laws of thermodynamics and heat transfer (3 hours). Wk.1
2. General heat conduction equation with boundary and initial conditions (3 hours). Wks.2
3. Steady state heat conduction, with heat generation, and extended surfaces (4.5 hours). Wks.3&4
4. Review and Mid (1.5 hours). Wk.4
5. Unsteady (transient) heat conduction (4.5 hours). Wk.5&6
6. Numerical methods in heat transfer (3 hours). Wks.6&7
7. Fundamentals (1.5 hr) and External forced convection, including boundary layer theory (3hr, total 4.5 hours). Wks.7&8
8. Internal forced convection (3 hours). Wk.9
9. Review and Mid (1.5 hours). Wk.9&10
10. Free (natural) convection (3 hours). Wk.10
11. Boiling and condensation heat transfer (3 hours). Wk.11
12. Heat Exchangers (before Radiation HT due to project!) (4.5 hours). Wk.12&13
13. Radiation heat transfer (4.5 hours). Wk.13&14
14. Review and Final Examination (5 hours). Wks.15&16
Computer Usage:
Students are expected to use engineering/math calculation software, like MathCAD or MATLAB (or FORTRAN, BASIC, or C programs, etc.) to solve some homework problems and projects, which may require computational programming and graphing.
Laboratory Projects:
Not planed, but may be introduced if time and schedule allows.
Grading:
Homework 10%; Projects 10%; Midterms and Quizzes 35%; Final exam 45%. If any item is not required/graded for the whole class, the other items are prorated proportionally. Final Exam is comprehensive and its passing grade is required to pass the course (see Class/HW/Lab/Exam Policies).