Objectives
Using the textbook as a guide, the
objectives are to cover the fundamentals and the mathematics of several
classic problems in heat transfer.
Assignments and Tests
There will be homework assignments, and
a requirement for a written report on a heat transfer topic of interest
to you. There will be a midterm exam and a final exam. No
late homework accepted without prior approval.
Grading
Homework will count for 20% of the grade. We will
have a
midterm (25% of grade), a final (30% of grade), and a report (25%).
Grades: A you did
all work and understand all material well, B you understand most of
material, C your
understanding of material is only weak to good, D you don't understand
much, F you didn't show up. Class is ranked by
points earned and then I draw the grade lines based on my judgement of
level understanding.
Textbook
"Intermediate Heat Transfer" by Kau-Fui
Vincent Wong, published by Marcel Dekker (2003). This book is available
online at no charge. A hardcopy is also on reserve in the S&E
library for this course.
REQUIREMENTS:
- You must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader PLUGIN installed in your
web
browser. Get
it here.
- You must access the book from campus, or from home with your
browser set up to use the UCSD Proxy Server. See http://www-no.ucsd.edu/documentation/squid/index.html
To read the book online, go to this page and click on the words "Read
it Online!" Also note there is a link to buy a hardcopy.
You can save the book to your desktop for access
off line. Keep your web browser open. Open the table of contents in
your web browser, then save the table of contents PDF file to a folder
on your desktop. Back in your web browser, the chapter headings in the
table of contents are
links to the chapters. Click on a chapter heading in the web browser
and wait until the
chapter loads, then save the chapter PDF file to
the same folder on your desktop where the table of contents was saved.
Then go back to the table of contents in the web browser and click on
another chapter. Do
this for all desired chapters. Then, off line, you can open the table
of contents PDF file and click links in it to navigate to the local
chapter PDF files. I can't do this for you and post it here because of
copyright restrictions.