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Cal Poly Pomona

Heat Transfer

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Overview

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This course develops engineering methods for analyzing heat transfer by conduction, convection, and radiation. It covers energy balances, diffusion equations, steady and transient conduction, fins, radiation networks, view factors, and external-surface convection.

Syllabus

Heat Transfer (01): Introduction to heat transfer, conduction, convection, and radiation.
Heat Transfer (02): Introductory examples, energy balance on a control volume and control surface.
Heat Transfer (03): Energy balance problems, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity.
Heat Transfer (04): Heat diffusion equation, boundary conditions, property tables.
Heat Transfer (05): Heat diffusion examples, 1D conduction in a plane wall.
Heat Transfer (06): 1D conduction in a cylindrical wall, composite wall network model.
Heat Transfer (07): Overall heat transfer coefficient, composite geometries examples.
Heat Transfer (08): Extended surfaces (fins), fin efficiencies.
Heat Transfer (09): Finned surfaces, fin examples.
Heat Transfer (10): 2D conduction analysis, heat flux plots.
Heat Transfer (11): 2D conduction shape factors, shape factor examples, finite difference analysis.
Heat Transfer (12): Finite difference examples.
Heat Transfer (13): Transient heat conduction, lumped heat capacity model and examples.
Heat Transfer (14): Transient heat conduction, approx. solution model (spatial effects) and examples.
Heat Transfer (15): Introduction to radiation heat transfer, blackbodies, blackbody examples.
Heat Transfer (16): Radiation heat transfer surface properties (reflectivity, transmissivity, etc.).
Heat Transfer (17): Radiation heat transfer surface properties examples.
Heat Transfer (18): View factors, simple view factor examples.
Heat Transfer (19): 2D and 3D view factors, 2D and 3D view factor examples.
Heat Transfer (20): Surface and space resistances, radiation network models and examples.
Heat Transfer (21): Radiation network examples.
Heat Transfer (22): Radiation heat shields and examples, hypothetical surfaces and examples.
Heat Transfer (23): Convection heat transfer over external surfaces, flat plate analysis.

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