Undergraduate MEMS 1052

Heat and mass Transfer

(3 units)

Description: One- and two-dimensional steady and unsteady heat conduction; internal and external forced convection; free convection; engineering principle of radiation; heat exchangers and special topics.

Prerequisites: MEMS 0051

Textbook: Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 6th edition, F. Incropera and D.P. DeWitt, John Wiley and Sons.

Course Objectives:

1. Have the ability to analyze steady and unsteady one-dimensional conduction problems and steady and unsteady two-dimensional conduction problems with exact solutions (when possible) and approximate solutions (when appropriate), including the graphical method, lumped capacitance method, and numerical methods.
2. Understand and analyze convective heat transfer problems for internal (channel) flows and external (boundary layer) flows.
3. Apply knowledge of convective and conductive heat transfer to the design of heat exchangers.
4. Apply principles of radiation to introductory radiation problems.

Topics Covered:

1. Introduction to physical principles of conduction, convection, and radiation
2. Introduction to conduction
3. One-dimensional steady state conduction
4. Two-dimensional steady state conduction
5. Transient conduction
6. Introduction to convection
7. Convection with internal flows
8. Convection with external flows
9. Heat exchangers
10. Radiation exchange between surfaces

Class/Laboratory Schedule: Three 50-minute periods of lecture per week

Professional Component Contributions: Engineering science and design

Relationship to Program Objectives: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b

Prepared by: Minking K. Chyu

Date Prepared: March 15, 2005