Heat Transfer (E)
| Degree programme | Mechatronics |
| Subject area | Engineering Technology |
| Type of degree | Bachelor full-time |
| Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) | Elective |
| Course unit code | 024506059011 |
| Teaching units | 30 |
| Year of study | 2025 |
| Name of lecturer(s) | Alexander MURR |
Requirements and Prerequisites
Engineering mathematics, physics, basics of thermodynamics
Course content
- Basics of heat transfer
- Overview and notation
- Mechanisms
- Relevant material coefficients
- Heat conduction
- Diffusion
- Heat source/sink
- Applications (insulated walls, …)
- Convection
- Fluid dynamic equations
- Heat transfer coefficient
- Applications (boundary layer, …)
- Radiation
- Absorption, transmission, reflection
- Black body radiation
- Applications (solar radiation, …)
Learning outcomes
The students will be able to
- analyse, mathematically formulate and solve technical heat transfer problems.
- Critically interpret the results and apply them to the solution of technical problems and use them for technical improvements and optimisations.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- Lecture
- Exercise
- Compulsory homework
Assessment methods and criteria
- Homework
- Written intermediate exam
- Written final exam
Written examinations with handwritten formulary and calculator
Retaken examinations and repeat examinations are conducted orally
Comment
None
Recommended or required reading
- Bergman, Theodore L. u.a. (2011): Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer. 7th edition. Chichester: Wiley.
- Yunus A. Cengel (2006): Heat and Mass Transfer. 3rd edition.McGraw-Hill
Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning)
Face-to-face