Syllabus
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Course Code: *Elective - III MTTH-110 Course Name: Convective Heat Transfer |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Fundamental Principles: Continuity, momentum and energy equations, Second law of thermodynamics, Rules
of Scale analysis, Concept of Heat line visualization. Laminar Forced Convection-External Flows: Boundary layer concept, velocity and thermal boundary layers, governing equations, similarity solutions, various wall heating conditions, Flow past a wedge and stagnation flow, blowing and suction, entropy generation minimization, heat lines in laminar boundary layer flow. Laminar Forced Convection-Internal Flows: Fully developed laminar flow, heat transfer to fully developed duct flow, constant heat flux and constant wall temperature, heat transfer to developing flow, heat lines in fully developed duct flow. . |
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| 2 | External Natural Convection: Boundary layer equations, Scale analysis, Low and high Prandtl number fluids,
integral solution, similarity solution, uniform heat wall flux, conjugate boundary layers, vertical channel flow,
combined natural and forced convection, vertical walls, horizontal walls, inclined walls, horizontal and vertical
cylinder, sphere. Internal Natural Convection: transient heating from side, boundary layer regime, isothermal and constant heat flux side walls, partially divided and triangular enclosures, and enclosures heated from below, inclined enclosures, annular space between horizontal cylinders and concentric spheres. |
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| 3 | Transition to Turbulence: empirical transition data, scaling laws of transition, buckling of inviscid streams,
instability of inviscid flow. Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow: Boundary layer equations, mixing length model, velocity distribution, heat transfer in boundary layer flow, flow over single cylinder, cross flow over array of cylinders, Natural convection along vertical walls. Turbulent duct flow: velocity distribution, friction factor and pressure drop, heat transfer coefficient, isothermal wall, uniform wall heating, heat lines in turbulent flow near a wall, optimal channel spacing. |
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| 4 | Convection with Change of Phase: Condensation, laminar and turbulent film on a vertical surface, film
condensation, drop condensation, Boiling, pool boiling regimes, nucleate boiling, film boiling and flow boiling,
contact melting and lubrication, melting by natural convection. Convection in Porous Media: Mass conservation, Darcy and Forchheimer flow models, enclosed porous media heated from side, penetrative convection, enclosed porous media heated from below. |
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