ME 417 - Heat Transfer

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Western New England University

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Description:

Prerequisite: ME 303; ME 316. This senior level course is offered to both mechanical engineering majors and nonmajors and is designed to convey the basic principles of heat transfer by incorporating a broad range of engineering applications. Students will use conduction, convection, and radiation equations to determine heat transfer rates over and through plane, cylindrical, and spherical surfaces; determine the optimum thickness of insulation; analyze the effect of heat generation on temperature distribution and heat rate; determine the performance of extended surfaces; calculate the temperature distribution and evaluate the heat rate for two-dimensional steady-state conduction; determine the temperature and heat transfer rate for one-dimensional and multidimen - sional transient conduction; determine the heat transfer rate over a cylinder, sphere, noncircular cylinders, and on a tube bank in the cross-flow of a gas; and perform engineering calculations that involve energy balance and appropriate convection correlations for internal flows and radiation exchange between surfaces. A team project involving a heat transfer experiment and design of cooling fins for a leaded cylindrical wall is required. The methods of assessing students include homework assignments, quizzes, examinations, projects, and a final exam. 3 cr.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wne.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 782-3111

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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