Course Code and Name: MCE 425
Numerical Heat Transfer
Department: Mechanical Engineering Dep.
7
Credit
(ECTS)
Methods of Education
Lecture
Recitation
(Etude)
42
Laboratory
Semester
Project/Field
Homework Other Total
Study
42
24
150
5
42
English
Language
Compulsory/Elective Elective
Numerical Methods for Engineers, Heat Transfer
Prerequisites
Basic information about numerical heat transfer; the solution of one-dimensional and twodimensional steady-state heat transfer problems by finite-difference method; the solution of
one-dimensional transient heat transfer problems by finite-difference method; the solution of
Course contents
one-dimensional heat transfer problems by finite-difference, finite-volume, and finite-element
methods and comparing these methods.
Course objectives
Within the context of heat transfer course, subjects are inspected analytical methods, given the
students of mechanical engineering, to obtain inspected skills by numerical methods.
Learning outcomes
and competences
At the end of this course students will have the ability of:
1. Solving one-dimensional and two-dimensional steady-state heat transfer problems by finitedifference method,
2. Solving one-dimensional transient heat transfer problems by finite-difference method,
3. Solving one-dimensional heat transfer problems by finite-difference, finite-volume, and
finite-element methods and to compare these methods.
Textbook and/or
references
Textbook:
1. Incropera FP, DeWitt DP, et al. “Principles of Heat and Mass Transfer”, 7 th ed., John Wiley
& Sons Inc., Singapore, 2013. (There is Turkish translation for 4th and 7th editions.)
References:
1. Genceli OF, “Çözümlü Isı İletimi Problemleri” Birsen Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2000.
2. Patankar SV, “Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow” Hemisphere Publishing
Corporation, New York, 1980.
3. Lewis RW, Nithiarasu P, and Seetharamu KN, “Fundamentals of the Finite Element Method
for Heat and Fluid Flow”, John Wiley & Sons Inc., England, 2004, Reprinted March 2005.
If any, mark as (x).
x
Assessment criteria
Course plan
Instructor
Percentage (%)
30
Midterm exams
Quizzes
Homework
x
10
Projects
Term paper
Laboratory work
Other
Final exam
x
60
Week
Subject
1
Introduction to numerical heat transfer: Basic concepts
Alternative approaches for solving heat transfer problems: The method of separation
2
of variables
3
The graphical method, the conduction shape factor
4
Finite-difference equations; basic concepts and the nodal network
5
Finite-difference form of the one-dimensional heat equation
6
Finite-difference form of the two-dimensional heat equation
7
The energy balance method
8
Solving the finite-difference equations
9
Discretization of the transient heat equation: The explicit method
10
Discretization of the transient heat equation: The implicit method
11
The solution of heat transfer problems by finite-volume method
12
The solution of heat transfer problems by finite-volume method
13
The solution of heat transfer problems by finite-element method
14
The solution of heat transfer problems by finite-element method
Assist. Prof. Dr. Kemal BİLEN