Welcome to EML 5152 webpage
Fundamentals of Heat Transfer

Fall 2012
Time & Place: Monday, Wednesday 2pm - 3.15pm, in A235 CEB (A building)


Instructor: Ramesh Yapalparvi
Office: B300, Phone: 850-410-6430
email: ramesh.yapalparvi@gmail.com
Office hours: Monday & Wednesday 8.30am -10am

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  • Welcome to EML 5152

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  • Take home exam has been posted. Please see under Home work section.

  • A list of topics for presentation has been posted.

  • Schedule for final presentation has been posted.

  • Home Work # 3 has been posted.

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  • Home Work # 5 has been posted.

    Outline of the Course:
  • Overall Goal : To develop an in-depth understanding of conduction and radiation heat transfer.
  • To learn about heat transfer modes in inhomogenous media.
  • To become familiar with numerical methods of solving conduction heat transfer problems in multi-dimensional systems.
  • To become familiar with analytical methods of solving conduction heat transfer.

  • To learn how to solve time dependent conduction heat transfer problems.
  • To learn how to analyze heat transfer by radiation in a variety of geometries and configurations.
  • To learn solve combined conduction and radiation heat transfer problems.

    Course Outline

    Home Work:

    HW1
    HW2
    Exam
    Presentation Topics
    HW3
    HW3 Solutions
    Presentation Schedule
    HW4

    HW5

    HW5 Solutions
    Template File

    Heat_01

    Prerequisites:

     Thermal Fluid I and II (EML 3050 \& 3016) or equivalent Analysis in Mechanical Engineering (EML 5060) or equivalent Graduate standing.

    Text Books:
  • Yaman Yener, "Heat Conduction", 4th Ed, Taylor & Francis, 2008.


    References:
  • Incropera and DeWitt, Fundamentals of Heat Transfer
  • Kaviany, Principles of Heat Transfer in Porous Media

    Student Evaluation:

     25% Homework
    25% Exam 1
    25% Exam 2
    25% Project
    Historically, the B/B-- boundary has been at 75%. Grading is at the discretion of the instructor.

    Important Regulations:

     Please refer to the course outline