Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Material Engineering
Name of the module: Heat and Mass Transfer
Number of module: 365-1-3842
BGU Credits: 3
Course Description:
ECTS credits: 4
The course will introduce diffusion and the three modes of heat transfer, their
Academic year: 2012-2013
macroscopic kinetic equations and explore the underlying physical mechanisms.
Semester: Fall semester
Aims of the module:
Hours of instruction: 3 hours per
Students will learn the fundamentals of heat and mass transfer processes.
week
Objectives of the module:
Location of instruction:
will be
To familiarize students with kinetic processes of heat and mass transfer.
defined
Learning outcomes of the module:
Language of instruction: Hebrew
On successful completion of the course the students should be able to:
Cycle: First cycle
1.
Classify processes as steady state or time-dependent
Position: an obligatory course for
2.
Model simple diffusion processes in materials.
undergraduate students of Materials
3.
Describe the three heat transfer modes and the underlying physical
Engineering Department
Field
of
Education:
processes.
Materials
4.
Engineering
Responsible department: Materials
Engineering
Analyse a heat transfer process and identify which heat transfer modes are
active in the given process.
5.
Calculate the heat transfer rate and the time dependence of the
temperature in simple heat transfer problems.
General prerequisites: none
Grading scale: the grading scale
Attendance regulation: None.
would be determined on a scale of 0 –
100 (0 would indicate failure and 100
complete success 0 to 100), passing
grade is 56.
Lecturer: Prof. Guy Makov
Contact details: room 114, building
59
Office phone: 08-6461823
Email: makovg@bgu.ac.il
Office hours:
TBD
Module evaluation: at the end of the
semester the students will evaluate the
module, in order to draw conclusions,
and for the university's internal needs.
1
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Material Engineering
Confirmation:
the
syllabus
was
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: lectures, which include the
confirmed by the faculty academic
examples.
advisory committee to be valid on
Assessment:
2012-2013.
Last update: 02.08.2012
Final Exam: 100%
Work and assignments: will be defined
Time required for individual work: in addition to attendance in class, the students
are expected to do their assignment and individual work: at least 2hours per week.
Module Content\ schedule and outlines:
Introduction and motivation of the course, continuity equations, Ficks law in 1D
(3h)
Ficks law and the equation of continuity in 3D, steady state solutions of the
diffusion equation(3h)
Time dependent solutions of the diffusion equation (6h)
Mechanisms of diffusion and the random walk model (3h)
Heat transfer modes and heat transfer rates (3h)
Heat transfer by conduction – steady state and time dependent solutions (9h)
Heat transfer by radiation (6h)
Heat transfer by convection (6h)
Required reading:
Diffusion in Solids, P. Shewmon, Wiley, 1989.
Fundamentals of Heat and Mass transfer, F.P. Incropera, Wiley 6 th ed. 2007.
2