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Nov 21, 2024
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ME 884 - Numerical Methods in Heat Transfer3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
The course deals with the study of numerical methods for solving conduction, convection, and mass transfer problems including numerical solution of Laplace’s equation, Poisson’s equation, and the general equations of convection. (prereq: ME-318 or equivalent and graduate standing)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• formulate and solve various conduction, convection and radiation problems
• understand similarity transformation to convert PDEs to ODEs related to boundary flow problems
• develop computer programs (in MATLAB) to solve several heat transfer problems
• review and discuss journal papers in numerical heat transfer
Prerequisites by Topic
• Heat Transfer
• Fluid Mechanics
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
• Group Project: Thermal modeling of a greenhouse fish pond system
Laboratory Topics
• Fin heat transfer
• Free and forced convection
Coordinator
Subha Kumpaty
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