COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEAT CONDUCTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 5090 HEAT CONDUCTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA SERHAN KÜÇÜKA

Offered to

THERMODYNAMICS
THERMODYNAMICS
THERMODYNAMICS

Course Objective

The course aims to developing the skill of using mathematical techniques to solve conductive heat transfer problems. Such problems are critical in new developing areas such as cooling of electronic components and also bio-heat systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Stating basic energy and conduction equations under various condition.
2   Obtaining solutions of homogenous and non-homogenous conduction problems in multi-dimensional medium.
3   Obtaining solutions of transient heat conduction problems in multi-dimensional medium.
4   Obtaining solutions of transient heat conduction problems for time-depended boundary conditions
5   Obtaining solutions of heat conduction problems in the presence of freezing or melting

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Energy and heat conduction equations 1.1. General energy equation 1.2. Conduction equation and boundary conditions
2 General aspects of heat transfer with one-dimension. 2.1. Conductive heat transfer in Cartesian coordinates 2.2. Conductive heat transfer in cylindrical coordinates
3 Multi-dimensional steady conduction: the method of separation of variables 3.1. Two-dimensional solutions of conduction problems in Cartesian coordinates 3.2. Axi-symmetric solutions of conduction problems in Cylindrical coordinates
4 Non-homogeneous boundary conditions and non-homogeneous equation (1) 4.1. Non-homogeneous boundary conditions: The principle of superposition in heat conduction
5 Non-homogeneous boundary conditions and non-homogeneous equations (2) 5.1. Multi-dimensional heat conduction with heat generation
6 Midterm
7 General aspects of transient heat conduction 7.1. Analytic solutions of unsteady heat transfer problems using lumped-analysis technique
8 Transient conduction in one-dimensional media 8.1. One-dimensional transient conduction in Cartesian coordinates 8.2. One-dimensional transient conduction in cylindrical coordinates
9 The principle of superposition in transient heat conduction 9.1. The problems in which steady state exists 9.2. The problems in which steady state doesn t exists
10 Transient heat conduction in semi-infinite mediums 10.1. Similarity method 10.2. Integral method
11 Multi-dimensional transient heat conduction 11.1. Product solutions
12 Transient conduction with time-dependent boundary condition (1) 12.1. Transient heat conduction with time- periodic boundary condition varying with a sine or cosine function
13 Transient conduction with time-dependent boundary condition (2) 13.1. Duhamel s theorem: time-dependent and non-periodic boundary condition
14 Heat conduction in the presence of freezing or melting

Recomended or Required Reading

TextBook: Poulikakos, D., Conduction Heat Transfer, Prentice Hall, 1994
Supplemantary Materials:
1. Özışık, N., Heat Conduction, 2nd. Ed., Wiley&Sons, 1993
2. Incropera, F. P., and others, Principles of Heat and Mass Transfer 7th ed., 2013.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Instructor will assign several problems related to solution techniques. The students apply the techniques the other problems. Students are required to work individually.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + MAKRASG * 0.40 + MAKRRST * 0.30


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparing assignments 8 8 64
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 225

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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