Subject:
Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Catalog number:
651
Unit weight:
0.50
Meet type:
LEC
Grading basis:
NUM
Cross-listing(s):
N/A
Requisites:
N/A
Description:
Steady and transient heat conduction in isotropic media. Review of fundamental principles of heat conduction and boundary conditions. Introduction to the concept of thermal resistance of systems and of thermal constriction resistance. Derivation of gradient, divergence, Laplacian, conduction equation, boundary conditions and thermal resistance in general orthogonal curvilinear co-ordinates. Solutions of conduction equations in several co-ordinate systems. Introduction to finite difference and finite element formulations of the conduction equation in curvilinear co-ordinates.
Topic titles:
N/A
Faculty:
Engineering (ENG)
Academic level:
GRD
Course ID:
001864
