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051 Introduction to Heat Transfer

Schedule Fall2016

Unit I: Steady Conduction

Week 1 begins 24 October

Lecture Topics: M: Fouriers Law; Newtons Law of Cooling.

Steady Conduction Equation: One-Dimensional Case.
W: Thermal Resistance, Biot Number.
Reading: AHTT pages 10-17, 19-22, 58-62, 64-66.

Week 2 begins 31 October

Problem Set 1 Due 31 October at beginning of lecture.

Lecture Topics: M: Steady Conduction Equation: Multi-Dimensional Case.
W: Approximations and Bounds.

Reading: AHTT pages 49-56 ( t = 0).

Week 3 begins 7 November

Problem Set 2 Due 7 November at beginning of lecture.

Lecture Topics: M: Thermal Fins.
W: Unsteady Conduction Equation.
Dunking: Lumped Model.
Reading: AHTT pages 163-177, 54-56.

Week 4 begins 14 November

Problem Set 3 Due 14 November at beginning of lecture.

Lecture Topics: M: Dunking: General Case; Dimensional Analysis.
W: Semi-Infinite Body; Penetration Depth.
Reading: AHTT pages 22-24, 193-198, 209-211, 220-229.

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Unit II: Forced and Natural Convection

Week 5 begins 21 November

Lecture Topics: M: Mid-Term Exam in class.

W: Convection: Conduction + Motion.
Low-Pr Boundary Layer; Nusselt Number.
Reading: AHTT pages 19-22, 271-277, 307.

Week 6 begins 28 November

Problem Set 4 Due 28 November at beginning of lecture.

Lecture Topics: M: Convection Decision Tree.
Correlations for Nu(Re, Pr, Gr).
W: Heat Exchangers.
Reading: AHTT pages 343-348, 376-381, 403-406, 99-111, 120-126.

Unit III: Radiative Heat Transfer

Week 7 begins 5 December

Problem Set 5 Due 5 December at beginning of lecture.

Lecture Topics: M: Black Body Radiation; Stefan-Boltzmann Law;
W: View Factors; Black Body Radiative Exchange.
Reading: AHTT pages 27-34, 527-550.

Week 8 begins 12 December

Lecture Topics: M: Emittance; Gray Bodies.

W: Course Review.

Final Exam Period begins 16 December

Final Exam

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Assessment Fall2016

The course total (numerical) score, from which we deduce the course letter grade, is calculated as a weighted
average of the Mid-Term Exam score, Final Exam score, and Problem Set scores, as well as an Instructor
Discretionary score:

Final Exam: 40%.

Mid-Term Exam: 25%.

Problem Sets: 30% (6% for each Problem Set).

Instructor Discretionary: 5%.

Problem Sets received by 9:40am in 3-270 on the designated due date receive full earned credit. Problem
Sets received by 10:55am in 3-270 on the designated due date will receive 80% of earned credit. Problem
Sets received after 10:55am of the designated due date will receive no credit. There is one exception to
these rules: for any one, and only one, of the five Problem Sets, you will receive full credit for a submission
(to Professor Patera in Room 3-266) any time before noon on the Wednesday of the week of the designated
due date.

Each Problem Set comprises Practice Problems, not to be submitted, and Graded Problems, to be sub-
mitted. Practice Problems, often more open-ended, are intended to promote discussion and assimilation.
Graded Problems, in the style of exam questions, are intended to focus your study and assess your knowl-
edge and skills. You may discuss both Practice Problems and Graded Problems, but the solutions you
hand in must be entirely your own work, and not transcribed from another source.

The exams are open-book and open-notes: you may bring any hardcopy material you wish to the exams.
You should also bring a calculator to the exams, however phones, tablets, and computers are not permitted
during exams and must be turned off and stowed.