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. HANÝFE TUBA OKUTUCU ÖZYURT |
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.