ME552 MICRO-AND NANOSCALE HEAT TRANSFER
| Course Code: |
5690552 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
5.0 |
| Department: |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. ALMILA GÜVENÇ YAZICIOÐLU |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Concepts of heat transfer at the micro- and nanoscale. Deviation from the macroscopic theory. Energy carries: phonons. photons. electrons. Energy quantization. Energy states in solids. Statistical thermodynamics. Transfer of energy by waves. Particle description of transport processes: Liouville and Boltzmann equations. Size effects on condition. convection and radiation. Selected topics of current interest in nanoscale energy transport.
