Subject description
One and two dimensional heat conduction; forced convection; heat exchangers; radiation; boundary layer flows; flow around immersed bodies; one dimensional compressible flow with and without heat transfer; normal shock waves; compressible flow in pipes.
Enrolment rules
Pre-Requisite
Tutorial enrolment
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Delivery
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Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Understand heat transfer processes and analyse thermal engineering problems.
2.
Design simple thermal devices and equipment such as heat exchangers and furnace wall insulation.
3.
Predict heat transfer rates in a wide variety of industrial equipment and processes.
4.
Understand the fundamental engineering concepts involved in compressible gas flow in pipes and nozzles and fluid flow in metallurgical processes.
5.
Analyse high speed gas flow in pipes and nozzles and fluid flow in practical materials processing applications.
Assessment details
Quizzes
Group Assignment 1
Group Assignment 2
Final exam
Work integrated learning
Embedded WIL:This subject contains elements of "Embedded WIL". Students in this subject will experience activities that relate to or simulate professional practice as part of their learning.
Textbook information
T. L. Bergman et al.. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, Eighth Edition, John Wiley. 2017