ME 24-731
Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer
Course Outline
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Introduction to conduction heat transfer; conservation of energy
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1-D steady conduction, thermal resistances, fins
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2-D, 3-D steady conduction, separation of variables, superposition
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Numerical methods for conduction
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1-D unsteady conduction, lumped capacitance, semi-infinite solids
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2-D, 3-D unsteady conduction
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Introduction to radiation
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Surface properties, spectral, directional, total
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Surface-to-surface radiation, view factors
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Radiation in participating media, radiative transfer equation
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Optically thick/thin limits
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Numerical methods for radiation
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Multi-mode heat transfer
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