Spring 2018

EME165 HEAT TRANSFER

Instructor
Vinod Narayanan, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
(vnarayanan@ucdavis.edu)

Office hours
Location: TB 207, Rm 120 Times: Tuesday: 9:30-11 am; Thursday: 10:30-noon

Questions with a short answer can also be asked via e-mail. A response time of up to one
business day is to be expected for e-mail responses.

Teaching Assistants
• Jyothirmai Srinathu; jyothirmai.srinathu@gmail.com
Location: TB207, Rm 120; Office Hours: Wednesday 10:00 am-11:30 am
• Joseph Graff; jsgraff@ucdavis.edu
Location: TB207, Rm 120; Office Hours: Monday 12:30 – 2:00 pm
• Amin Ghafourian Momenzadeh; aghafourian@ucdavis.edu (reader; no office hours)

Class location and meeting times

Wellman Hall, Rm 216; Tuesday & Thursday 2:10-4:00 pm

Catalog description
EME 165 Heat Transfer:
Conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer. Computational modeling of heat transfer in
engineering. Applications to engineering equipment with the use of digital computers.

Text
Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, by Bergman, T. L., Lavine, A. S., F.P. Incropera,
D.P. DeWitt, Seventh Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2011, or the Eighth edition of the same book.

Class electronic site access

Access will be through canvas
Lecture handouts, course syllabus and schedule, homework assignments, solutions to
assignments, project, exam equation sheets, and other announcements will be posted here. The
students are required to visit this website regularly.

Prerequisites
1. C- or better in Course 5 or Engineering 6 or Computer Science Engineering 30
2. C- or better in Engineering 103

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3. C- or better in Engineering 105

Outcomes
As a result of successfully completing this class, students will be able to formulate and solve
problems related to
(1) steady and unsteady conduction heat transfer including analytical and computational
methodologies,
(2) convection heat transfer for external and internal flow situations including an understanding
of the roles of dimensionless parameters as well as laminar and turbulent flows, and
(3) black body and gray body radiation heat transfer.

Summary of Course Content

1) Transfer of Energy
A. Introduction to science of heat transfer and description of the three modes: conduction,
convection and radiation
B. Thermal Properties

2) General Conduction Equation

A. Derivation
B. Effect of Heat Source

3) One-dimensional and Two-dimensional Steady-state Conduction

4) Transient Conduction
A. Lumped Parameter System
B. Transient Temperature Charts

5) Laminar Flow Convective Heat Transfer

A. Basic concepts using flat plate flow
B. Local heat transfer coefficient
C. Average heat transfer coefficient
D. Nusselt number
E. Heat transfer in tubes

6) Turbulent Flow Convective Heat Transfer

A. Similarity relations
B. Reynolds analogy
C. Flow in tubes
D. Flow along a flat plate
E. Turbulent flow theory

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F. Flow across tubes

7) Heat Exchangers
A. Overall heat transfer coefficient
B. Log mean temperature difference
C. Parallel and counter flow heat exchangers

8) Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer

A. Planck equation
B. Stefan Boltzmann equation
C. Radiation properties of surface

9) Radiation Exchange
A. Geometrical factors
B. Non-black surfaces

Student Learning Assessment

Assignments (6 graded assignments; only turn in indicated problems) 15%
Project (1; individual) 15%
Mid-term exam 30%
Final exam (comprehensive) 40%

Summary Equation Sheets

Summary equation sheets will be posted on canvas. These sheets are to be used only by enrolled
students in class and are not meant for public distribution. You will be allowed to use these (and
only these) equation sheets in the exams. You will be provided these equation sheets for the
mid-term and final exam.

Assignments
Six homeworks will be assigned; solutions posted on canvas. Some of the assignments may
require programming. Assignments will include a combination of problems from the course
textbook as well as instructor-designed questions. You are strongly encouraged to work on these
problems independently as a preparation for examinations. You are also strongly encouraged to
use the posted summary equation sheets while working out the problems.
Only two of the assigned problems will be graded. Problems to be graded will be noted in the
assignment.
Late homework assignments will not be graded, and no homework score will be dropped in
calculating the total.

Project

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One project will be assigned as noted in the schedule. This project will involve more in-depth
analysis or design, and may include programming, parametric evaluation and interpretation of
results. This project is an individual assignment.

Late projects will be penalized as per the following schedule:

Late by 1 day: 25% penalty; 2 days: 50% penalty; 3 days: 75% penalty; >3 days- not accepted

Office hour policy

The instructor encourages students to stop by office hours as needed, and not solely prior to the
examinations. To make effective use of office hours, you are expected to have attempted
homework problems and have prepared questions to ask during office hours.

Exam policy
Exams will be closed book, closed notes. You will be provided with summary equation sheets
for conduction, convection, and radiation. No other equation/summary sheets are allowed. These
sheets will also be posted on the class website well in advance of the exams. You are encouraged
to be familiar with using the summary sheets while working homework assignments. You are
required to perform all steps symbolically and show the use of appropriate equations and
assumptions to earn credit for their work. Clarity of work will also carry points and help me in
timely return of the exams.

Make-up exams will be strictly limited to excused absences or ill health. For anticipated
absences, as a minimum, a 24-hour prior notification to exam date is necessary. No make-up
final exam will be provided at a date later than the final exam date. Note that a make-up exam
will be different from the regular exam. The final exams will not be returned.

Grade changes/verifications
Grade changes and verification enquiries for homeworks, mid-term exam and mini projects need
to be completed before the final exam date. No enquiries past the final exam date will be
entertained by the instructor.

Classroom Environment
The instructor will strive to ensure a positive learning environment for all students. Students are
encouraged to come prepared to class and actively participate in discussions on lecture topics.
Example problems will be performed in class to reinforce concepts discussed in lectures.
Students are strongly discouraged from distracting activities such as use of cell phones, tablets or
other internet connected devices, reading newspapers, working on assignments for other courses,
or conversations that are irrelevant to the course content.

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Lecture handouts will be posted on canvas the evening prior to the class. Students are expected
to bring a printout or soft copy of the handouts and fill in notes in class. The instructor will be
using a tablet PC to project notes rather than a blackboard for the sake of clarity. However, the
filled in notes will NOT be posted following the lectures on canvas. While attendance is not
mandatory, students are highly encouraged to attend class and fill in the notes on the provided
lecture handouts.

Academic dishonesty
Academic dishonesty will be treated very seriously, in accordance with University policy. See
UC Davis Code of Academic Conduct (http://sja.ucdavis.edu/cac.html) for more details on
student responsibilities. Examples of dishonesty include collaborating on individual projects, and
cheating on exams by copying, helping others, or by use of unauthorized material in exams.

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Schedule: EME 165– Heat Transfer (subject to some revisions)

Reading material from
Date Topics
book (v.7)
T: Course introduction; conservation of energy; modes of heat
1.1-1.4
Week 1: transfer
1.5-1.7; 2.1-2.2
04/02- 04/06 R: Complete modes of heat transfer; introduction to conduction;
R: HW 1 assigned
thermal properties
2.3-2.4
Week 2: T: Heat diffusion equation; boundary conditions 3.1 – 3.3
04/09 -04/13 R: 1-D Steady conduction; resistance networks; contact resistance R: HW 1 due
R: HW 2 assigned
3.4-3.5
T: 1-D cylindrical; spherical; 1D conduction with heat source;
Week 3: 3.6
extended surfaces- introduction
04/16- 04/20 R: HW 2 due
R: Fins
R: HW 3 assigned
4.1-4.5
T: 2D conduction-Analytical & finite difference approach
Week 4: 5.1-5.2, 5.4-5.6
R: Transient conduction-lumped capacitance; 1-D transient
04/23-04/27 R: HW 3 due
conduction- approximate solutions/ charts
R: Project assigned
T: 1D transient- approximate solutions (complete), semi-infinite
Week 5: solid; conduction summary 5.6-5.7
04/30-05/04 R: Introduction to convection; boundary layers & convective 6.1, 6.2-6.4
coefficient; scaling analysis; boundary layer analogy

T: External conv. – local vs average heat transfer coefficient; 6.5-6.7

Week 6: governing mass, momentum and energy equations for fluid flow; R: Exam - material
05/07-05/11 similarity principle covered through T of
R: Mid-term Exam (class time)- 11/07 week 5 & in HWs 1-3

8.1-8.2
T: Internal conv. – laminar flow analysis; pipe flow
Week 7: 8.3-8.6
R: Internal flow- turbulent flow correlations; Internal conv.-
05/14-05/18 R: HW 4 assigned
complete
R: Project due
11.1-11.3
T: Heat Exchangers- ε LMTD analysis
Week 8: 11.4-11.6
R: Heat Exchangers- NTU analysis
05/21-05/25 R: HW 4 due
R: HW 5 assigned
7.1-7.6
T: External conv. – cylinders; sphere; tube banks; External conv. –
Week 9: 12.1 – 12.6
flat plate- laminar, turbulent and mixed flow relations
05/28-06/01 R: HW 5 due
R: Radiation Introduction Kirchhoff's law
R: HW 6 assigned
12.7-12.8
Week 10: T: Radiation- gray surfaces; Radiative exchange-view factors
13.1-13.4
06/04-06/08 R: Radiation exchange- enclosures, course summary
R: HW 6 due

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Week 10: Final Exam

06/11-06/15 (comprehensive exam; for date and time, see registrar’s site)

T: Tuesday; R: Thursday

HW Content
1 Energy balance, modes of heat transfer
2 Heat conduction equations; boundary conditions; thermal properties; 1D SS conduction;
resistance networks
3 1D SS conduction; resistance networks; extended surfaces & fins
Project Energy balance & conduction (analytical and numerical solution)
4 Transient conduction, Convection- scaling, analogy; internal flows
5 Heat exchangers
6 External flows; Radiation heat transfer

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