UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Fall 2015
EML 6154 CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER
TR 9:00-10:15 pm ENGR-1, Room 384
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Dr. Louis Chow

ENGR-1, Room 219
Louis.Chow@ucf.edu
407-823-3666
Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:30-9:00 am
Other times by appointment

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Classical techniques applied to solution of steady and transient conduction problems.
Microscale heat conduction. Applications to the design of thermal systems.
PRE-REQUISITE:
EML 5152 or consent of instructor
TEXT: (Required)
Hahn and Ozisik, Heat Conduction, 3rd Edition, Wiley, 2012.
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Continuum Assumption, Fouriers Law, Chapter 1

Sturm-Liouville Problem, Chapter 2
Separation of Variables, Chapters 3, 4 and 5
Semi-Infinite and Infinite Domains, Chapter 6
Duhamels Theorem, Chapter 7
Greens Function, Chapter 8
Laplace Transform, Chapter 9
Phase-Change Problems, Chapter 12
Semi-analytical Methods, Chapter 13
Introduction to Microscale Heat Conduction, Chapter 16

EXAMS:
There will be two exams (20% each), a final (40%) and 7 homework assignments (20%).
GRADES:
A: 86-100, B: 71-85, C: 56-70, F: <56
***There is a mandatory assignment (no grade will be assigned) that must be turned in via
Webcourses, preferably before August 27, 2015. Absolute deadline is September 4, 2015.