Sabanci University
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
ME309 Heat and Mass Transfer
Course Information, 2008-2009 Spring Term
Credit and Content
ME309 is a 3-credit course for the third year and higher classes in the Faculty of
Engineering and Natural Sciences. ME307 Fluid Dynamics is a pre-requisite for the
course, which can be waived for candidates who are proficient in linear algebra and
differential equations.
Current mechatronic systems involve electro-mechanical, thermo-fluidic and even
electro-chemical components. Heat & Mass Transfer course is intended to help
undergraduates at the FENS (also some graduates) to have knowledge and skills to design
thermal components in complex systems drawn from manufacturing, electronics,
consumer products, and energy systems.
Topics covered in the course are: transient and steady heat conduction in single and
multi-dimensions, forced and natural convection, boiling and condensation, radiation and
mass transfer. Emphasis will be on the heat transfer and mass transfer will be covered
with analogies to heat transfer.
Classes
Lectures: Mondays 9:40-11:30; Wednesdays 8:40-9:30
Lecturer: Serhat Yeşilyurt, Rm. 1052, x9579, syesilyurt@sabanciuniv.edu.
TAs: Ahmet Fatih Tabak, tabak@su.sabanciuniv.edu, FENS, Rm. 1100
Office Hours: S. Yesilyurt, appointments by email
A.F. Tabak, TBA
Textbooks
Incropera, DeWitt, Bergman, Lavine Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer, 6e, Wiley
Lienhard, J., A heat transfer textbook, free in pdf format at
http://web.mit.edu/lienhard/www/ahtt.html
http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/syesilyurt/courses/me309/ahttv124.pdf
Course related other material will be uploaded to
http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/syesilyurt/courses/me309
Exams and Grading
Midterms:
Final:
Homework + attendance:
25% each
35%
15%
IMPORTANT POLICY REMARK:
Despite its low percentage students are encouraged to do homework on their own. Any
attempt of cheating and copying of solutions from any source will result in the reduction
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of homework grade to zero or disciplinary action. If cheating in homework becomes
systematic throughout the class, homework’s contribution will be removed from the
calculation of the final grades.
Lectures (Tentative schedule)
Wk 1.
Introduction. Origins of rate equations, Conservation of energy, Surface Energy
Balance (Ch. 1)
Wk 2.
Introduction to conduction: Conduction rate equations, thermal properties of
matter (2.1-2.3). Heat diffusion equation, boundary and initial conditions (2.42.5)
Wk 3.
One dimensional steady-state conduction (3.1-2). Radial systems, cylinder and
sphere, heat generation (3.3-5)
Wk 4.
Fins (3.6). 2D steady-state conduction (4.2,4.4-5)
Wk 5.
Lumped capacitance method (5.1-3). Wall convection, semi-infinite solid (5.4-8)
Wk 6.
MIDTERM I. Introduction to convection (6.1).
Wk 7.
Convection boundary layers (6.2-10). Flow over plates (7.1-3). Flow over
cylinders, spheres; Impinging jets; Packed beds (7.4-9)
Wk 8.
Internal flows, energy balance (8.1-3). Laminar flow in circular tubes, convection
correlations (8.4-10)
Wk 9.
Free convection, external correlations (9.1-6). Parallel plate channels, enclosures
(9.7-11)
Wk 10. Boiling modes,
correlations (10.1-4). Two-phase flow, dropwise and film
condensation (10.5-12)
Wk 11. SEMESTER
BREAK
Wk 12. Heat
exchangers, overall heat transfer coefficient (Ch. 11). Blackbody Radiation,
surface emission, absorption, reflection, transmission (12.1-5)
Wk 13. Gray surfaces,
view factors (12.6-9, 13.1). Radiation exchange between surfaces
(13.2-6)
Wk 14.
Wk 15.
MIDTERM II. Diffusion mass transfer, Fick’s Law (14.1).
Conservation of species, boundary conditions, Maxwell-Stefan equations (14.23). Mass diffusion with chemical reactions at the surface (14.4). Diffusion with
reactions in the bulk (14.5-7)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Lectures will be on fundamental concepts and methods.
Problem solving will be limited to basic examples in lectures.
Students must attend recitations regularly for problem solving sessions. Those who need
additional problem solution sessions may ask for additional recitation hours and seek for
additional tutoring from the instructor and TA on office hours.
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