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COURSE BREAKDOWN

AE 753 ADVANCED HEAT TRANSFER (Credit Hours 3-0)

Reference Books:

1. Intermediate Heat Transfer by Wong

2. Heat Conduction by Ozisik
3. Convective Heat Transfer by Burmeister
4. Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer. by Siegel & Howell
5. Any undergraduate heat transfer book for review

Course Description: This graduate level course in heat transfer is designed to cover material beyond
the undergraduate level. Different modes of heat transfer, i.e. Conduction, Convection and Radiation
are broadly discussed. The main focus of this course is on Conduction and Convection with some
introductory material on Radiation towards the end of the course. In Conduction 2-D steady and 1-D
unsteady problems are introduced and their solution methods discussed. In Convection the equations
of motion, energy and mass conservation are reviewed and problems involving forced and free
convection are discussed with reference to various flow regimes.

Prerequisites: BE courses in Fluid/Aerodynamics, Heat transfer, Thermodynamics and Calculus.

Grading Policy : Assignments : 20 - 30%

Midterm Test : 30 - 40%
End Semester Exam : 40 - 50%

CONTENTS

LECTURES TOPIC CHAPTER

1 Introduction 1&2
Conduction
2
2 Differential equation of heat conduction

3 Boundary conditions

4-8 1-D steady state conduction 3 & Notes

Thermal resistance
Critical thickness of insulation
Rods & fins
Conduction with heat sources
Thermal contact resistance

9-14 Multidimensional conduction 4 & Notes

Superposition of elementary solutions
Buried pipe
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Separation of variables for 2-d conduction in a rectangular slab

Numerical solution of Laplace equation 5 & Notes

15-18 Unsteady 1-D conduction 4 & Notes

Finite & Semi-infinite domain
Approximate integral method
Conduction with Phase change
19-20 Numerical techniques for unsteady multidimensional conduction 5 & Notes

Convection 1&3

21 Introduction 6 & Notes

22-23 Equations of mass, momentum and energy conservation

Boundary conditions

24-25 1-D solutions

Constant property Couette and Poiseuille flows
Variable property Couette flow
26 MID-TERM
27-31 Laminar boundary layers 7 & Notes
Boundary layers equations
Similarity solution for velocity distribution
Similarity solution for temperature distribution
Effect of viscous dissipation
Integral methods
32 Laminar heat transfer in ducts 8 & Notes

33-35 Natural convection 9 & Notes

Laminar natural convection from a vertical wall
Thermal plumes

36-39 Turbulent flow Notes

Laminar to turbulent transition
Time averaged equations
Eddy viscosity and diffusivity
Universal velocity profile

Radiation 1&4

40 Introduction 11 & Notes

41 Black body
42 Non-black sufraces
43-45 Radiation interchange between sufraces
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46-47 Gas Radiation

FINAL EXAMS