MEE 555: CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER (Syllabus)

MEE 555: CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER

Course/Catalog Description:
MEE 555: CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER. Credit 3. Fundamentals of heat conduction; approximate and exact analytical methods; finite and semi-infinite bodies; one-dimensional composite media; phase change problems; nonlinear problems; heat transfer in anisotropic solids. PRQ: Consent of department.

Class schedule: Tu 6-8:40 PM, in EB 211

Textbook:
Myers, G.E.: Analytical Methods in Conduction Heat Transfer-Second Edition,AMCHT Publications, Madison, WI, 1998. [See Contents]

Supplemental references:
Poulikakos, D.: Conduction Heat Transfer, Prentice Hall, 1994.
Ozisik, M. N.: Heat Conduction, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1993.
Kakac, S. and Y. Yener: Heat Conduction, 3rd Edition, Hemisphere, 1992.
A free electronic HEAT TRANSFER TEXTBOOK
Heat Transfer: A Practical Approach, Last-3rd Edition, by Y.A. Cengel, WCB McGraw-Hill, Boston, MA. (online)

In addition to numerous references given for each topic in the Text, other references will be given during the lectures along with handouts and additional materials when appropriate.

Grading Policy:
Homework, Special Problems and Computer Assignments 25%; Project(s): 25%
Examinations: Midterm(s) 20%, Final 30%. 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.

Prerequisites:
Completed general course in heat transfer covering conduction, convection and radiation (like MEE 352) or equivalent.

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills:

Algebra and Calculus (differentiation, integration)
Ordinary differential equations (first-order, linear)
Energy-balance concepts from thermodynamics and heat transfer
Rate equations for conduction and convection
Finite-difference models/solutions for one-dimensional problems (both steady and transient)

Course Outline / Reading Assignments - (Tentative): See PDF file

Major topics covered (See PDF file for more details):

Conduction review (derivation and solution of ordinary differential equations for one-dimensional, steady-state problems and for lumped-parameter transients)
Bessel equations/functions (series solutions, special functions, general Bessel equation)
Separation of variables (one-dimensional transients, two-dimensional steady and transient problems for a variety of boundary conditions)
Superposition (simplification of nonhomogeneous problems, Duhamel's theorem)
Finite differences (two-dimensional, steady and transient problems; Cholesky solution of algebraic equations; Euler, Crank-Nicolson and exact solutions of transient problems)
Finite elements (Galerkin formulation for two-dimensional problems; linear triangular elements; energy-balance concepts)

Computer Usage:
Students are required to use FORTRAN, BASIC, or C programs, and/or MATLAB or MathCAD software (the latest being an instructor's general calculation tool) to solve some homework problems and projects.

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