Unit information: Heat Transfer in 2014/15

Unit name	Heat Transfer
Unit code	MENG31101
Credit points	10
Level of study	H/6
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director	Dr. Saidani-Scott
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	MENG20600 or equivalent
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering

Description including Unit Aims

Heat Transfer is an advanced course which adopts a rigorous mathematical approach to the formulation and analysis of complex engineering problems in conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer. Students will be given an introduction to the Navier-Stokes, Continuity and Energy Equations, but emphasis is placed on the understanding of the physical principles involved and the adoption of compromises in seeking engineering solutions. These studies are supplemented by a piece of coursework on the use of a computational software to solve a typical engineering problem, and a wide range of a worked examples. Aims: The course emphasis is on an understanding of the physical principles and mathematical modelling of engineering heat transfer and tests the student's ability to adopt engineering compromises when undertaking appropriate analysis. Both analytic and computer-based solutions are explored.

Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

• apply in a rigorous way, the Navier-Stokes, Energy and Continuity equations to any problem, including high speed flows

• to solve these equations for a range of one and two dimensional problems in conduction/convection heat transfer

• analyse correctly the physics behind a heat transfer problem, and make the correct mathematical simplifications/approximations in their models.

Teaching Information

We have 3 hours of lecture over 12 weeks with a 2 hour written examination at the end of the year.

• A substantial handout of printed notes is given to the students covering all the topics in the course. Worked solutions to past examination papers are provided for self-study.

• MATLAB simulations of numerical heat transfer problems are provided. A piece of coursework is set during the second half of the course.

Assessment Information

2 hour written examination (90%) Coursework involving use of computational software (10%)

Reading and References

• Fundamentals of Heat Transfer, 6th ed., Incropera et al. (John Wiley), 2007

• Analysis of Heat & Mass Transfer, E.R.G. Eckert & R.M. Drake (Taylor & Francis), 1986

• Heat Transfer, SI Units, 9th ed., J.P. Holman (McGraw Hill), 2001

• Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer, P.B. Whalley (Oxford University Press), 1996

• Engineering Thermodynamics: Work and Heat Transfer, 4th ed., G.F.C. Rogers &Y.R. Mayhew, (Longman), 1992