- KAMA5M19

Goal(s)

To acquire basic knowledge on heat transfer through the 3 mechanisms of conduction, convection and radiation.

Content(s)

Introduction: heat, temperature, exchanges, heat flow, heat sources, temperature measurement.

Conduction: Fourier law, heat conductivity, thermal resistance, heat equation (conductivity), specific heat, thermal diffusivity

Convection: forced convection, natural convection, heat transfer coefficient, Biot and Fourier numbers

Radiation: flux, emittance, reflectivity, reflectivity, absorptivity, transmitivity, black body, Stefan Boltzmann's law, Planck's law, emissivity, grey body, Kirchoff's law

Differential equations, derivatives, gradient and Laplace operator