Academic Catalog

ME311 HEAT TRANSFER

Course Code: 5690311
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 5.0
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. ZAFER DURSUNKAYA
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.
Prerequisite: Set 1: 5690203
The course set above should be completed before taking ME311 HEAT TRANSFER.

Course Content

1-D steady heat conduction. thermal resistances. extended surfaces. 2-D steady heat conduction. shape factor. finite difference methods. Transient conduction. lumped capacitance method. 1-D transient conduction. product solutions. Boundary layers. laminar and turbulent flow. convective transfer boundary layer equations. dimensionless parameters. Reynolds analogy. External flow. empirical correlations. Internal flow correlations. Free convection.