Convective heat transfer (ME)

Informations générales

  • ECTS

    ECTS 2

Goal(s)

The objective of the course is to give understanding of fluid mechanics for incompressible laminar flows at an advanced level. The course is focused on vorticity dynamics, boundary layer and irrotationnal flows.

Content(s)

Introduction
General equations, dimensionless parameters
Fully-developed heat transfer in a tube


Boundary layers

Scale analysis
Self-similar solutions
Integral Equation and solution

Natural convection

Basic principles. General equations
Vertical plane wall. Scale analysis
Self-similar solutions
Integral Equation and solution
Flow in ducts and cavities

Turbulent convection

Basic equations. Reynolds tensor. Turbulent heat flux. Turbulent Prandtl number
Laws of the wall
Heat transfer coefficient.
Practical results.

Prerequisites :

Theory of conduction. Fundamental principles of Fluid Mechanics. Navier-Stokes equations. Boundary layers

Test

final exam, multiple choice question paper, home work

Calendar

S1

Additional Information

26h (18h CM, 6h TD, 2h DS)

Bibliography

BURMEISTER L.C., Convective Heat Transfer, 1983, John Wiley and Sons New York
BEJAN A., Convection Heat Transfer 2nd Ed., 1995, John Wiley and Sons New York
CEBECI T. and BRADSHAW P., Physical and Computational Aspects of Convective Heat Transfer, 1984, Springer Verlag New York

French State controlled diploma conferring a Master's degree

diplôme conférant grade de master contrôlé par l'Etat