Heat Transfer
- A relationship between heat transfer and thermodynamics, heat transfer and convection rules, modeling in heat transfer (in brief), heat transfer mechanisms including conduction, convection & radiation
Conduction heat transfer: concept of conduction heat transfer in different ways, derivation of one-dimensional heat transfer equations in cartesian coordinates in steady state and unsteady state with heat generation and no heat generation
- Derivation of one and three dimensional heat transfer equations in cylindrical and spherical coordinates in steady state and unsteady state with heat generation and no heat generation
- Heat transfer in fins and efficiency of fins
Convection heat transfer, and introduction to derivation of convection heat transfer equations
- Concepts of boundary conditions and initial conditions – different types of boundary conditions and their applications in heat transfer
- Steady state one dimensional heat transfer based on thermal resistance concept in a wall, a cylinder and a sphere and expansion of this concept to multilayer walls, cylinders and spheres. Critical radius of insulation for cylindrical and spherical objects, and the application of the concept of shape factor in heat transfer calculations for systems that have complex geometric shape
- Unsteady state heat transfer based on Lumped formulation, unsteady state one dimensional heat transfer as a function of location for a spherical object, a wall with long height and a cylinder with high length based on using Heisler Charts
- Unsteady state heat transfer in semi-infinite body, solution of unsteady state heat transfer in multi-dimensional systems based on superposition rule by using solution of one-dimensional systems
- Forced Convection in external flows and defining the relevant equations, empirical relations and their applications
- Dimensionless numbers (Nusselt), (Prandtl) and (Stanton), the similarity between momentum and heat transfer
- Forced Convection in internal flows and defining the relevant equations, empirical relations and their applications
- Free convection in external flows and defining the relevant equations, empirical relations , their applications and the relevant dimensionless numbers
- Radiation heat transfer principles including: Electromagnetic wave spectrum, Thermal radiation, Blackbody radiation, Stefan-Boltzman Law, Plancks law, Wien displacements law
- Blackbody radiation function, Emissivity , Radiation properties (Absorptivity , Reflectivity and Transmissivity) , Kirchhofs law , Greenhouse effect , Solar radiation
- Shape factor or view factor (Graphical presentation of shape factors and related rules) , Radiation heat transfer equations for blackbody and grey surfaces, Radiosity, Net rate heat radiation heat transfer to or from a surface
- Different kinds of thermal radiations, Net radiation heat transfer in two surface enclosures and three surface enclosures , Radiation shields