COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS OF THERMAL SYSTEMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 5075 COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS OF THERMAL SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DILEK KUMLUTAŞ

Offered to

Energy
Energy
Energy

Course Objective

To provide the ability of analyzing thermal systems by having the knowledge of the concepts of heat transfer, methods of numerical modelling at various geometry and design media.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe the concepts of heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation.
2   Select the appropriate boundary and initial conditions in the thermal systems.
3   Describe finite difference equations.
4   Describe dimensionless form of equations.
5   Solve the thermal systems by the numerical methods.
6   Analyze the steady state and the transient thermal systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to heat transfer, Principles of the conservation of energy
2 General heat diffusion equation, Boundary and initial conditions in the thermal systems
3 Finite difference equations in heat transfer problems
4 Numerical solutions of one-dimensional steady state thermal systems
5 Numerical solutions of two-dimensional steady state thermal systems - 1
6 Homework
7 Numerical solutions of two-dimensional steady state thermal systems - 2
8 Analytical and numerical solutions of the transient thermal systems - 1
9 Analytical and numerical solutions of the transient thermal systems -2
10 Finite element method in heat transfer problems and finite element package programs
11 Computer aided analysis of the steady state thermal systems
12 Presentation
13 Computer aided analysis of the transient thermal systems
14 Computer aided design of a thermal system

Recomended or Required Reading

Glen E. Myers, (1987) Analytical Methods in Conduction Heat Transfer, Genium Publishing Corp., Schenectady, NY.
Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, Frank P. Incropera, David P. Dewitt, John Wiley & Sons, 0471304603, 1996.
Croft D.R. and Lilley D.G., (1977), Heat Transfer Calculations Using Finite Difference Equations. Applied Science Publishers Ltd., London.
Lewis R.W., Morgan K., Thomas H.R., and Seetharamu K.N., (1996) The Finite Element Method In Heat Transfer Analysis John Wiley & Sons Ltd. England
Saeed Moaveni, (1999) Finite Element Analysis :Theory and Application with ANSYS, Published by Pearson Education.
Chapra, S.C. Canale, R.P, (2001), Numerical Methods for Engineers, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, N.Y.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures + Homework + Presentation + Final exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 RPT REPORT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The "Termpaper" assessment method mentioned above will be the compilation of "homework" assigned during the semester.

Assessment Criteria

Homework % 25 LO 3, LO 4, LO 5, LO 6
Presentation % 25 LO 3, LO 4, LO 5, LO 6
Final Exam % 50 LO 1, LO 2, LO 3, LO 4, LO 5, LO 6

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

dilek.kumlutas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 15:00 - 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Presentations 2 3 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 7 84
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 7 6 42
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 189

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15453
LO.254533
LO.35555
LO.4545
LO.5455343354
LO.6455343354