Week 1: Modes of heat transfer (1), Introduction to
conduction heat transfer (1), Fourier’s law and thermal conductivity (1),
Derivation of conduction equation and simplifications (1), Solution of one-d
steady conduction equations (1)
Week 2: Resistance networks, critical radius of
insulation (1), contact resistance, one-d steady conduction with heat
generation (1), Extended surface heat transfer and solution to fin problems,
array of fins (3)
Week 3: 2 D steady conduction equation and its solution
using separation of variables (3), Graphical and numerical solutions (2)
Week 4: Unsteady heat conduction equations and lumped
capacitance model (2), Solution using Heisler’s charts (2), Semi-infinite plate
heat transfer, penetration depth (1)
Week 5: Basic concepts of convection heat transfer and
Newton’s laws of cooling, classification of convection problems,
non-dimensional numbers in convective heat transfer (1), Derivation of mass,
momentum and energy equations for incompressible flow (2), Concepts of velocity
boundary layer, Boundary layer equations and estimation of convective heat
transfer coefficient (2)
Week 6: Laminar flow over flat plate, Blasius solution
and integral method for boundary layer equation (2) Turbulent flows, Reynolds
analogy (1), Forced convection over bluff body, heat transfer correlations (2)
Week 7: Forced convection through internal conduits,
fully developed flow, mean temperature (3) Heat transfer correlations, solution
of convective heat transfer problems (1), Experimental methods for thermal
problems (1)
Week 8: Natural convection, Boussinesq approximation,
vertical flat plate natural convection equation and correlations for complex
geometries (2), Mixed convection and Richardson number (1), Introduction to
boiling and condensation heat transfer (2)
Week 9: Introduction to heat exchangers and their
classification, recuperative and regenerative heat exchangers, heat transfer
augmentation (2), LMTD method for analysis of heat exchangers design vs rating
problems (3)
Week 10: Epsilon-NTU method for performance and design
calculations (2), Basic concepts in radiation heat transfer, relevant surface
properties and role of medium (1), Directional and spectral nature of radiation
(1) , Planck’s equation, Stephan Boltzmann law, Wein’s displacement law, Solar
radiation (1)
Week 11: Black, grey and real bodies, Kirchhoff’s law
(1), Problems involving emission from a surface (1), Radiation exchange between
black bodies, view factor algebra (2), Radiation exchange between grey bodies (1)
Week 12: Radiosity, radiation shields and radiation
networks (3), Mass transfer through diffusion – Fick’s law, mass transfer
through flowing media, analogies with heat transfer (2)
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