Course

Unit 1

Basic Modes of Heat Transfer: Steady State Calculations with Multiple Modes of Heat Transfer – One-Dimensional Steady State Heat Conduction: Composite Medium, Critical Thickness, Effect of Variation of Thermal Conductivity in Solids, Extended Surfaces – Unsteady State Heat Conduction: Lumped System Analysis – Heat Transfer in Semi-infinite and Infinite Solids – Application of Numerical Techniques.

Unit 2

Fundamentals of Convection: Physical Mechanism, Reynolds Analogy – Free Convection In Vertical Flat Plate – Empirical Relation in Free Convection – Forced Convection – Laminar and Turbulent Convective Heat Transfer Analysis in Flows between Parallel Plates, over Flat Plate and in Circular Pipe – Applications of Numerical Techniques in Problem Solving.

Unit 3

Boiling and Condensation – Radiative Heat Transfer: Introduction to Physical Mechanism, Radiation Properties, Radiation Shape Factors, Heat Exchange between Non-Black Bodies, Radiation Shields. Classification of Heat Exchangers – Temperature Distribution – Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient – Heat Transfer in Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers, Rocket Thrust Chambers and Cryogenic Systems.

1. Incropera. F. P. and Dewitt. D. P., “Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer,” 5^th edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2002.

• Yunus A. Cengel., “Heat Transfer – A practical approach,” 2^nd edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2002
• Holman. J. P., “Heat Transfer,” 6^th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1991.
• Sutton. G. P., “Rocket Propulsion Elements,” 5^th edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1986.