Advanced Heat Transfer
ME 442/542
Portland State University
SYLLABUS
Times/Location:
Monday and Wednesday 2pm – 3:50pm; Engineering Building Room 510
Textbook:
Convective Heat and Mass Transfer, 4th edition, by Kays, Crawford, and
Wiegand, McGraw-Hill; and selected handouts
Instructor:
David J. Sailor
EB 402J -- E-mail: sailor@cecs.pdx.edu
Office Hours:
Wednesday 10:30am-noon and by appointment.
Prerequisites:
ME 322, 323 (undergraduate fluids and heat transfer)
Learning
Objectives:
Students completing ME442 will be able to:
1) apply conservation principles to conduction and convection heat transfer
problems and develop/simplify the resulting differential equations
2) use analytic techniques including separation of variables, superposition,
and Laplace Transforms to simplify and solve governing equations for
representative heat transfer problems
In addition to the above, students completing ME542 will be able to:
3) use similarity solutions to develop governing equations for boundarylayer heat transfer applications
4) apply finite difference and related approaches to computationally solve
problems in heat conduction and convection
Homework:
PDF copies of class handouts, including homework assignments and
solutions, can be obtained from the class D2L site. All assignments must be
your own work. You are encouraged, however, to discuss homework
problems and formulate general solution approaches in small groups of your
choosing and via discussions on the D2L site. ME 542 students will be given
supplemental problems in addition to those assigned to ME 442 students.
Exams:
Two exams will be given during the term. The final exam will be
comprehensive. Unless otherwise stated, exams will be closed book with
students allowed one 1-sided sheet of notes for each exam and one 2-sided
sheet of notes for the final exam. Students should bring a calculator and
pencils to each exam. Scratch paper will be provided. No make-up exams
will be given. Discuss potential conflicts beforehand.
Grades:
Homework
Exams (2 highest of 3 exams):
20%
40% ea * 2
Advanced Heat Transfer
University
ME 442/542
Portland State
Course Schedule*
DATES
Mar 29, 31
Apr 5, 7
Apr 12, 14
Apr 19, 21
Apr 26, 28
May 3, 5
May 10, 12
May 17, 19
TOPIC
Conservation principles (Ch 1-2) and
fundamentals of conduction heat transfer,
including separation of variables and
superposition.
Transient conduction heat transfer (Ch 3 and
notes). Various solution techniques including
Laplace transform methods. Start on differential
equations of BL (Ch 4).
Differential and Integral equations of laminar
boundary-layers(Ch 4 and 5)
Integral equations of the boundary-layer (Ch 5)
Laminar flow in tubes – momentum (Ch 7) and
heat transfer (Ch 8)
Laminar external BL – momentum (Ch 9) and
heat transfer (Ch 10)
More laminar external boundary-layers – heat
transfer (Ch 10).
Turbulent flow (excerpts from Ch 6, 11-14)
ASSIGNMENTS/NOTES
None
HW 1 due Apr 7
HW 2 due Apr 14
EXAM #1
(Ch. 1-5)
Wed. April 21
None
HW 3 due May 5
HW 4 due May 12
EXAM #2
(Ch. 7-9)
Wed. May 19
HW 5 due May 26
Finish turbulent flow and start on introduction to
topics in radiation
Jun 2
More on radiation, combined modes of heat
HW 6 due Jun 2
transfer and review for exam
FINAL EXAM (comprehensive): June 9, 12:30-2:20 (but check PSU Schedule)
May 24, 26
*
This schedule represents a nominal timeline and outline of topics to be covered in this
course. As the quarter unfolds there may be modest changes.