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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ME536: Convective Heat Tansfer Instructor : Dr.

Luai M. Al-Hadhrami (Room # 22-214) CATALOG DESCRIPTION Convection systems, Derivation of conservation equations and solutions for laminar and turbulent boundary-layer flows, Forces convection, internal and external flows. Natural convection. Special topics and applications. PREREQUISITE: ME 315 : Heat Transfer COREQUISITE : ME 532: Advanced Fluid Mechanics I TOPICS COVERED: Introduction Boundary Layer Equations Laminar Boundary Layer Heat Transfer, Similarity Analytical sol Laminar Boundary Layer Heat Transfer, Integral Approx. sol Laminar Internal Flow Heat Transfer, Fully Developed Analytical solution Laminar Internal Flow Heat Transfer, Thermal Entry problems-separation of variable Natural Convection Heat Transfer, Similarity and integral solution. Computational Heat Transfer Transition Phenomena, Transitional Heat Transfer Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow, Prandtl Mixing Length Theory, Law of the Wall analysis Turbulent Pipe Flow: Pressure Drop, Friction Factor Correlations. Turbulent Flow Heat Transfer Reynolds Analogy Turbulent Prandtl no. Karman-Martinelli analogy Experimental Correlations. Turbulent BL/Pipe Flow Heat Transfer Two-Layer Model Effects of - Surfaces roughness - Mainstream Turbulence - Pressure Gradient - Curvature - Unsteady Flow/Wake - Rotation

Film Injection/Cooling

Turbulent Heat Transfer, Two Egus (K,E) Model Reference 1. Laminar/Turbulent BL/Pipe, Flow/Heat Transfer Reference 2. Runge-Kutta Method, Reference 3. Bessel Funtions TEXT BOOK Convective Heat and Mass Transfer by W.M. Kays & M. Crawford, Third Edition. SELECTED REFERENCES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Convection heat Transfer by A. Bejan Analysis of Heat and Mass Transfer by E.R. Eckert and R.M. Drake, Jr. Heat Transfer by B. Gebhart Handbook of Heat Transfer Edited by W.M. Rohsenow & J.P. Hartnett Convection Heat Transfer by V.S. Arpacti and P.S. Larsen Foundation of Boundary-Layer Theory for Momentum, Heat & Mass Transfer by J.A. Schetz 7. Boundary-Layer Theory by H. Schlichting 8. Viscous Fluid Flow (2nd Edition ) by F.M. White

ASSIGNMENTS There will be assignmnets during the semester. The solution of every assignment must be submitted before the stated deadline. No late assignments are accepted. ATTENDANCE Regular attendance is strongly recommended. KFUPM regulations will be strictly applied. OFFICE HOURS One office hour is set everyday for answering questions or resolving difficulties in the course material. The time for this semester is 11.00 11.50 a.m. daily. Other times can be allotted if necessary. EVALUATION The course grade will approximately determined as follows: Assignments Term Project Two Major Exams Final Exam 15% 15% 35% (15% + 20%) 35%

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