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Course Summary Notes (Constantly updated - 2013)
The following summaries of the course text and lecture notes are provided as a study-guide for the course. The material and content covered is indicative of knowledgebase required in the course. It is important that these concepts be reinforced by completing the course assignments and the mini-quizzes given in the tutorial sessions.
| # | Approx. Date | Title/Section |
Chapter Summary |
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| 1-3 | Wk1 | 1.3 | |
| 4 | Jan 15 Tues |
Tutorial - Overview of Assignment 1 |
See "Assignments" Tab for Questions |
| 5 | Jan 16 Wed | Heat Transfer: Physical Origins and Rate Equations |
1.1&1.2, |
| 6 | Jan 18 Friday | Fourier’s Law and the Heat Equation, |
Assign 1 due |
| 7 | Jan 22 Tues | Tutorial - Overview of Assignment 2
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| 8 | Jan 23 Wed | 1-D, Steady-State Conduction without Thermal Energy Generation, (Lec 5) |
3.1to 3.4 |
| 9 | Jan 25 Friday | Continued Practice Quiz |
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| 10 | Jan 29 Tues |
1-D, Steady-State Conduction with
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Assign 2 due |
| 11 | Jan 30 Wed |
Continued |
Sec.3.6 |
| 12 | Feb 1 Friday | Extended Surfaces (Lecture 7 notes) as shown in class 2013 |
Assign 3 due Monday Feb 4.
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| 13 | Feb 5 Tues |
Continued (Examples) |
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| 14 | Feb 6 Wed |
Example (Mid-term Solutions) |
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| 15 | Feb 8 Friday | 2-D Conduction: Shape Factors and Dimensionless Conduction Heat Rates (Lec 8) |
4.1 and 4.3Assign 4 due Monday Feb. 11 |
| 16 | Feb 12 Tues |
2-D Conduction: Shape Factors and Dimensionless Conduction Heat Rates (continued) |
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Feb 12 Tues |
Mid-Term Exam #1, 7 PM in WLH 210 & BOT B139 (see campus Map here) Responsible for Ch 1-3 in Mid-term |
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| 18 | Feb 13 Wed |
2-D Conduction: Finite-Difference Eqns and Sol'ns (Lec_9) |
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| 19 | Feb 15 Friday | 2-D Conduction: Finite-Difference Eqns and Sol'ns (continued) (Tutorial session will be used for catch-up and demo) |
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| Feb 18 - 22 | Reading Week |
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| 20 | Feb 26 Tues | Mid -Term Sol'ns & return - Tutorial on Assignment 5 (Download the Ch. 5 (Supplemental Material HERE) - Required for your assignment |
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| 21 | Feb 27 Wed |
Transient Conduction: Lumped Capacitance Method
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| 22 | Mar 1 Friday | Continued |
Assign 5 due Monday |
| 23 | Mar 5 Tues |
Spatial Effects and the Role of Analytical Solutions (Lec 11) Transient Conduction: |
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| 24 | Mar 6 Wed |
Finite-Difference Equations and
Solutions |
(Lec 11a) 5.10 |
| 25 | Mar 8 Friday | Introduction to Convection: |
6.1-6.6, |
| 26 | Mar 12 Tues | Derivation and Background to Boundary Layer Solutions |
6.8, 6.9, D.1 to D.3 |
| 27 | Mar 13 Wed | External Flow: The Flat Plate in Parallel Flow (Lec 13) |
7.1 to 7.2 |
| 28 | Mar 15 Friday | Summary of Convection (flow over Flat Plate) External Flow: Flow over Bluff Objects |
7.3 to 7.5 |
| 29 | Mar 19 Tues |
Flow over Bluff Objects-
Examples |
8.1 to 8.3 |
Mar 19 Tues 7:00-9:00 PM |
The second mid-term will be held
on Tuesday March 19, in DUPUIS Hall RMs. 215 & 217l (see campus Map here) The test will be CLOSED BOOK and an equation sheet will be provided with the exam sheet. Students are responsible for material from Chapters 4-7 (see News Tab of this Website for actual text Sections). |
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| 30 | Mar 20 Wed | 8.4 to 8.6 8.7 &8.10 |
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| 31 | Mar 22 Friday | Free Convection: General Considerations and Results for Vertical and Horizontal Plates (Lec 17 Updated 2012) |
9a_Sec. 9.1 - 9.6.2, 9.9 |
| 32 | Mar 26 Tues | Continued |
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| 33 | Mar 27 Wed | 9b_Section 9.6.3 - 9.8 | |
| Mar 29 Friday | Easter Holiday |
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| 34 | April 2 Tues | Ch. 12. Sec. 12.1 - 12.3 Sec. 12.4 -12.7 |
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| 35 | April 3 Wed |
Radiation Heat Transfer - Environmental Radiation (Lec 21) |
Ch. 12 Section 12.8 |
| 37 | April 5 Friday | Radiation Heat Transfer Enclosures with Nonparticipating Media (Lec 22) |
Ch. 13 Sec. 13.1 - 13.3 |
| 38 | Classes End |