MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Department of Aerospace Engineering

AEE 331 HEAT TRANSFER
Fall Semester 2016
Instructor: Yusuf zyrk
COURSE OUTLINE
1. Introduction (2 hrs)
Introduction to heat transfer modes conduction, convection, radiation
2. Introduction to Conduction (4 hrs)
Fouriers law; Heat diffusion equation; Boundary and initial conditions
3. One-Dimensional, Steady-State Conduction 8 hrs)
Plane walls; Thermal resistance; Composite walls, contact resistance; Non-constant cross sections; Radial
systems: cylindrical and spherical walls; Conduction with thermal energy generation; Heat transfer from
extended surfaces (fins)
4. Two-Dimensional, Steady-State Conduction (4 hrs)
Method of separation of variables; Graphical method: heat flux plot, shape factor; numerical methods
5. Transient Conduction (5hrs)
Lumped capacitance method; Validity of lumped capacitance method: Biot number General lumped
capacitance analysis; Spatial effects; Multi-dimensional effects
6. Introduction to Convection (6 hrs)
Convection transfer problem: velocity boundary layer; thermal boundary layer; concentration boundary
layer; Laminar and turbulent flows; Convection transfer equations: B/L approximation; Dimensionless
numbers: Reynolds, Prandtl, Schmidth numbers; Functional form of solutions; Boundary layer analogies;
Physical significance of dimensionless numbers; Effects of turbulence
7. External Flow (4 hrs)
Emprical method; Flat plate in parallel flow: laminar and turbulent flow; mixed B/L conditions; Special
cases; Cylinder in cross flow: Hilpert, Zhukauskas, Churchill&Bernstein correlations; Sphere: Withaker
correlation
8. Internal Flow (3 hrs)
Hydrodynamic considerations; Thermal considerations; Fully developed conditions; dimensionless
temperature; Energy balance; Circular tubes: laminar, turbulent flows
9. Free Convection (3 hrs)
Physical considerations; Governing equations: Grashof number; Laminar free convection on vertical
surfaces; Effects of turbulance; Empirical correlations: vertical plate; long horizontal cylinders; spheres
10. Radiation: Processes and Properties (3 hrs, but time-permitting)
Fundamental concepts; Definitions radiation intensity; emissive power; diffuse emitter; irradiation;
radiosity; blackbody radiation; diffuse, gray surfaces; Surface emission, absorption, transmission, reflection;
Blackbody radiation

REFERENCES
Textbook: Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, F.P. Incropera & D.P. DeWitt
Reference books: Heat Transfer, J.P. Hollman; Heat Transfer, A. Bejan

GRADING WEIGHTS (approximate)

10 % Homework
27.5 % Midterm Exam I (November 16, Wednesday, 17:40, tentative)
27.5 % Midterm Exam II (December 28, Wednesday, 17:40, tentative)
35 % Final Exam (Finals week)
Note: Midterm I will be a closed-book closed-notes exam and include topics covered until Nov. 16
Midterm II will be an open-book exam and include topics covered between the Midterm I and II dates;
and
Final exam will be of two parts open and closed, and include all topics covered throughout the
semester.

POLICY
No attendance will be taken but students are strongly advised to follow the lectures in class.
Average total scores will NOT necessarily be awarded a letter grade of CC, as the instructor
expects a certain level of success from the students! Keep in mind, in a crowd of bad students
the average grades come lower, and this does not necessarily mean such a group of students have
learned sufficiently to pass the course!
Those students who have not taken a midterm exam without a medical report will not be given
the final exam.
Those students who miss a midterm exam due to their medical condition must notify the
instructor or assistants through e-mail of their situation on the day of the exam and must submit
or send by fax/e-mail their doctor's report no later than within 24 hrs of the exam. Otherwise no
make-up exam will be given, resulting in an NA grade!