MEC 6884 - Numerical Heat Transfer

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

Course Description
The course deals with the study of numerical methods for solving conduction, convection, and radiation problems including numerical solution of Poisson’s equation, unsteady diffusion, and the general equations of convection. Very practical heat transfer problems will be solved using a variety of numerical techniques and software tools. (prereq: MEC 3120 or equivalent; MEC 3130 or equivalent)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Formulate and solve various conduction, convection, and radiation problems
Apply similarity transformation to convert PDEs to ODEs related to boundary flow problems
Develop computer programs (in MATLAB) for several heat transfer problems, solve those problems and analyze the results
Summarize and synthesize journal papers in numerical heat transfer

Prerequisites by Topic

Fluid mechanics
Heat transfer

Course Topics

Heat transfer through a double-pane/triple-pane glass window
Steady-state heat transfer through fin (rectangular, triangular)
2D heat conduction - explicit, implicit
Unsteady heat conduction (example: radiation heating and cooling), semi-infinite solid
Heat transfer through a circular duct
Laminar flow over an isothermal flat plate (similarity-numerical, integral-approximate, direct numerical)
Free convection heat transfer on a vertical flat plate (similarity-numerical RK scheme)
Radiation - flat plate solar collector
Radiation transfer in an enclosure - multiple surfaces

Coordinator
Dr. Subha Kumpaty

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MEC 6884 - Numerical Heat Transfer