Course Organization
1. Instructor Information
Prof. Jayathi Y. Murthy
Room 306 Scaife Hall
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh PA 15213
(412) 268-3677 (phone)
(412) 268-3348 (fax)
murthy@andrew.cmu.edu
2. Lectures
Two lectures weekly from 4:30 - 6:20 pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 212 Scaife Hall.
3. Assignments
Several problem sets will be handed out during the semester and will be due the following week. You are free to discuss assignments with your classmates and with me, but the final submission must be your own work. You will be called upon to discuss the results and solution techniques in class.
All assignments and solutions will be posted at this location.
4. Examinations
There will be one mid-term and one final examination. All examinations will be open book, open notes. The mid-term examination is tentatively scheduled for March 9th, 2000. The final examination is scheduled for May 4th, 2000. Both examinations will be held during regular class hours.
5. Course Textbook and Notes
There is no single textbook for this class. Material will be taken from:
Heat Conduction and Mass Diffusion by B. Gebhart (McGraw-Hill,
1993).
Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer by F.P. Incropera and
DeWitt (Wiley, 1996).
Conduction of Heat in Solids by H.S. Carslaw and C. Jaeger (Clarendon
Press, 1959).
Radiative Heat Transfer by M. Modest (McGraw-Hill, 1993).
Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer by R. Siegel and J.R. Howell
(Hemisphere, 1992).
6. Office Hours
Please make an appointment if you need to see me.
7. Grading
Assignments : 50 %
Mid Term Examination: 25 %
Final: 25 %
Total: 100 %
A mixture of absolute and relative grading will determine the final grade for the class.