MEE 555: CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER (Syllabus)

MEE 555: CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER
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Instructor: Dr. Milivoje KOSTIC, P.E. [Millivoye Kostitch], Associate Professor

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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 221

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

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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