University of Bridgeport Course Syllabus

MEEG 463 Advanced Heat Transfer

Tuesday: 6-8:30PM, Mandeville 221
Jani Macari Pallis, Ph.D.
jpallis@bridgeport.edu
(203) 576-4579
Office Hours: Monday 9-11AM, Thursday 1-3PM
Office : Engineering and Technology Building Room 133
Course Description and Approach:
The course is intended to instruct the student in the three modes of heat transfer (conduction, convection
and radiation) and develop the problem solving skills in energy-related mechanical engineering areas and
understand the role of heat transfer in everyday life.
Course Learning Objectives:

Understand steady and transient one- and two-dimensional heat conduction.

Understand internal, external and natural convection heat transfer.
Understand the fundamentals of radiation heat transfer.
Understand the fundamentals of mass transfer.
Provide a fundamental understanding of analytic and numerical methods used to solve heat
transfer problems.
Understand the usage of tables and charts to determine properties for problem solutions
To develop the skill to develop models of real processes and systems and draw conclusions.

Required Course Materials:

1. Heat and Mass Transfer, Fundamentals & Applications, Fourth Edition, Cengel, Y., Ghajar, A.
McGraw-Hill, 2011, ISBN-13 9780077366643.
2. Student iClicker response unit. Clickers are required; we will be using the iClicker brand.
These are available at the UB bookstore, on amazon.com, and other locations. Your personal
clicker must be brought to every class. Clickers will be registered into the course, and your
class participation grade depends on your clicker use.

Course Requirements:

1. Class Attendance, Participation, Punctuality and Cheating: Attendance at each class session
is expected. Students are expected to be on time for class. It is the student's responsibility to
familiarize himself or herself with and adhere to the standards set forth in the policies on cheating
and plagiarism as defined in the Key to UB http://www.bridgeport.edu/pages/2623.asp or the
appropriate graduate program handbook.

Cheating is absolutely unacceptable in any guise. If you are caught cheating, you will be
warned once and you will receive a 0 (zero) on that assignment. The second offense will
result in an F for the course. Cheating means using the work of others as your own. Copying
homework, using papers from the Internet, any talking or looking around during exams and
allowing others to look at your exam papers are examples of cheating. Additionally recycled
work is not accepted in this course. Students will use TurnItIn for their projects.
2. Preparation, Deadlines and Late Policy: Late assignments will not be accepted. Please do not
wait until the last minute to submit your assignment.

3. Homework: All homework and projects are to be submitted in CANVAS. Homework is important
and represents a key component of your grade (25%). Please only submit homework into
CANVAS. I will not be able to accept homework or assignments emailed to me or hardcopies.
Unless otherwise notified, homework is due Tuesdays at 6 PM. Answers for homework will be
posted by Wednesday evenings. Please use the following naming convention in submitting your
homework
and
project
assignments
into
CANVAS:
LastName_FirstInitial_StudentID_HWDueDate. Be sure to place your name on the each page of
your homework. Please submit your homework as one electronic file (versus separate electronic
files for each page). Please submit homework in either MS Word (.doc or .docx), .pdf or .jpg
formats. Presentations should be submitted in .ppt or.pptx format.
You must show all your work (math and logic) step by step. Simply supplying an answer or
excluding logical steps will result in points being taken off your grade.
If I receive your homework on time by 6 PM on Tuesdays, your homework will be graded by the
following Tuesday at 6 PM. Late homework will not be graded.
The following checklist is strongly recommended while presenting the solutions in the homework.
Sketch of problem and discussion of the problem solving procedure.
Equation(s) stated in general form
Necessary assumptions stated
Substitutions or simultaneous solutions labeled
Units converted properly
Final answers clearly indicated
4. Projects: There will be 3 individual projects. A handout on requirements and report format will be
provided. (Projects are worth 22.5% of your grade.) All projects will be submitted electronically
into CANVAS and need to be submitted into TurnItIn (www.turnitin.com) for an originality report.
5. Exams - There will be three exams, each covering specific textbook chapters. The exams will
include materials covered in class (37.5%). The last exam will be given during finals week. It is
suggested that you obtain a calculator which has trig functions. No laptops, computers, electronic
pads or phones with calculators will be allowed during exams (only calculators specifically). No
electronic/softcopy versions of the textbook will be allowed during examinations. You may not
share a calculator or book with another classmate during an exam. You must show all your work
(math) step by step. Simply supplying an answer or excluding steps will result in points being
taken off your grade.
6. Phones As a courtesy to classmates and faculty, phones should be turned off during class.
7. Office Hours and Email: My office hours are Mondays 9-11AM and Thursday 1-3PM or by
appointment. (Please request appointments at least 24 hours in advance.) Email sent between
4:30PM on Fridays and 9AM on Monday will generally be answered on Monday.

Course Grading
Class Participation, Attendance
Homework
Project 1 EES
Project 2 SST
Project 3
Exam 1
Exam 2
Exam 3

15%
25%
5%
5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
100%

Week
Jan. 21

Jan. 28

Feb. 4

Feb. 11

Feb. 18

HW Due

1.

Topic/Assignment

Review of Syllabus
Overview of Homework Expectations
Overview of Projects
Chapter 1 Introduction and Basic Concepts
Thermodynamics Versus Heat Transfer
Engineering Heat Transfer
Heat and Other Forms of Energy
First Law of Thermodynamics
Heat Transfer Mechanisms
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Simultaneous Heat Transfer Mechanisms
Problem-Solving Technique
Handout Chapter 2 Heat Conduction Equation
from
One-Dimensional Heat Conduction Equation
Jan. 21
General Heat Conduction Equation
Boundary and Initial Conditions
Solution of Steady One-Dimensional Heat Conduction
Problems
Heat Generation in a Solid
Variable Thermal Conductivity
Chapter 3 Steady Heat Conduction
Steady Heat Conduction in Plane Walls
Thermal Contact Resistance
Generalized Thermal Resistance Networks
Heat Conduction in Cylinders and Spheres
Critical Radius of Insulation
Heat Transfer from Finned Surfaces
Heat Transfer in Common Configurations
Chapter 4 Transient Heat Conduction
Lumped System Analysis
Transient Heat Conduction in Large Plane Walls, Long
Cylinders, and Spheres with Spatial Effects
Transient Heat Conduction in Semi-Infinite Solids
Transient Heat Conduction in Multidimensional Systems
Chapter 5 Numerical Methods in Heat Conduction
Why Numerical Methods
Finite Difference Formulation of Differential Equations
One-Dimensional Steady Heat Conduction
Two-Dimensional Steady Heat Conduction
Transient Heat Conduction

Feb. 25

Mar. 4
Mar. 11

Mar.
16-23
Mar. 25

Apr. 1

Apr. 8
Apr. 15

Apr. 22

Chapter 6 Fundamentals of Convection

Physical Mechanism of Convection
Classification of Fluid Flows
Velocity Boundary Layer
Thermal Boundary Layer
Laminar and Turbulent Flows
Heat and Momentum Transfer in Turbulent Flow
Derivation of Convection Equations for a Flat Plate
Solutions of Convection Equations for a Flat Plate
Nondimensionalized Convection Equations and Similarity
Functional Forms of Friction and Convection Coefficients
Analogies between Momentum and Heat Transfer
Midterm Chapters 2-5
Chapter 7 External Forced Convection
Drag and Heat Transfer in External Flow
Parallel Flow over Flat Plates
Flow Across Cylinders and Spheres
Flow Across Tube Banks
Semester Break
Chapter 8 Internal Forced Convection
Average Velocity and Temperature
The Entrance Region
General Thermal Analysis
Laminar Flow in Tubes
Turbulent Flow in Tubes
Chapter 9 Natural Convection
Physical Mechanism of Natural Convection
Equation of Motion and the Grashof Number
Natural Convection over Surfaces
Natural Convection from Finned Surfaces and PCB
Natural Convection into Enclosures
Combined Natural and Forced Convection
Exam 2 - Chapters 6-9
Chapter 12 Fundamentals of Thermal Radiation
Thermal Radiation
Blackbody Radiation
Radiation Intensity
Radiative Properties
Atmospheric and Solar Radiation
Chapter 13 Radiation Heat Transfer
The View Factor
View Factor Relations
Radiation Heat Transfer: Black Surfaces
Radiation Heat Transfer: Diffuse, Gray Surfaces

Apr. 29

Radiation Shields and the Radiation Effects

Radiation Exchange with Emitting and Absorbing Gases

Chapter 14 Mass Transfer

Analogy Between Heat and Mass Transfer
Mass Diffusion
Boundary Conditions
Steady Mass Diffusion through a Wall
Transient Mass Diffusion
Diffusion in a Moving Medium
Mass Convection
Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer
Projects Due
Exam 3 Chapter 12 -14 - Finals Week 5/5 5/9/14