## MEC E 371 Heat Transfer

**Subject & Number:** MEC E 371

**Title:** Heat Transfer

**Course Career**

**Units**: 3

**Approved Hours:** 3-1S-0

**Fee index:** 8

**Faculty:** [Faculty of Engineering]{.mark}

**Department:** Mechanical Engineering

**Typically Offered:** either term or Spring/Summer

### Calendar Description

Mechanisms of heat transfer, steady and unsteady heat conduction,
numerical analysis, thermal radiation, free and forced convection, heat
exchanger analysis and heat transfer with change of phase and mass
transfer. Prerequisites: MEC E 230, CH E 243. Corequisites: MATH 300 and
MEC E 331. Credit can only be granted for one of MEC E 370 or MEC E 371.

### Asynchronous & synchronous course content delivery

[Asynchronous content]{.underline}:

1\. Modules explaining the theoretical foundation for the material to be
reviewed in the lectures and in the online assignments. Module videos
and slide decks or notes can be accessed through eClass.

[Synchronous content]{.underline}:

1\. In the lectures, we will focus on a combination of theory and
problem solving. The lectures also provide students the opportunity to
ask questions and receive feedback. Lecture tablet notes will be
accessible through eClass.

2\. In the seminars, TAs will focus primarily on problem solving.

### 

### Course Objectives & General Content

To learn, understand and apply the concepts relevant to the three modes
of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. Various
engineering problems will be considered to develop an intuitive
understanding of heat transfer and to introduce modeling principles for
real systems. Students will learn, in other words, how to use
thermodynamic and heat transfer principles to analyze and evaluate the
performance of engineering systems in which heat transfer plays an
important role.

### Learning outcomes

1.  Determine heat transfer rates from extended surfaces (e.g. fins)

2.  Identify and manipulate two-dimensional steady-state temperature
    distribution functions

3.  Analyze one dimensional transient heat conduction

4.  Determine heat transfer rates in internal forced convection,
    external forced convection, external free convection, and radiation
    heat transfer

5.  Calculate temperatures during all modes of heat transfer

6.  Identify analogies between heat transfer and mass transfer

7.  Identify key terminology applicable to heat exchangers and heat
    transfer involving a change of phase

8.  Apply principles of heat transfer to the design and analysis of heat
    exchangers

### Textbooks and References

Heat and Mass Transfer, Fundamentals and Applications (6th ed.) by Y.A.
Cengel and A.J. Ghajar.

### 

### Assessment Details

+-------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------+
| **Activity**      | **(A)Synchronous** | **Due/Scheduled** | **Weight** |
+-------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------+
| > Online          | > Asynchronous     | > By 11:59 PM     | > 20%      |
| > assignments     |                    |                   |            |
| > (Sept. 22, Oct. |                    |                   |            |
| > 6, Oct. 20,     |                    |                   |            |
| >                 |                    |                   |            |
| > Nov. 10, Nov.   |                    |                   |            |
| > 24, Dec. 8)     |                    |                   |            |
+-------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------+
| > Seminar         | > Synchronous      | > By end of       | > 10%      |
| > assignments     |                    | > seminar period  |            |
| > (weeks of Sept. |                    |                   |            |
| > 25, Oct. 9,     |                    |                   |            |
| > Oct. 30 and     |                    |                   |            |
| > Nov. 27)        |                    |                   |            |
+-------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------+
| > Midterm         |                    | > 9 AM to 9:50 AM | > 30%      |
| > examination     |                    | > on              |            |
|                   |                    | >                 |            |
|                   |                    | > Friday, Oct. 27 |            |
+-------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------+
| > Final           |                    | > 2:00 PM to 4:00 | > 40%      |
| > examination     |                    | > PM on           |            |
|                   |                    | >                 |            |
|                   |                    | > Friday, Dec. 15 |            |
+===================+====================+===================+============+

### Course Accreditation Units

The current total and individual Accreditation Unit (AU) counts for this
course are:

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  **Total**     **Math**      **NS**   **ES**     **ED**   **CS**
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  44.1                                 44.1                

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### Course Graduate Attributes

The Graduate Attributes (GAs) developed in this course are:

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  \#    Graduate Attribute                         Level (I,
                                                   D, A)
  ----- ------------------------------------------ -----------
  1     A knowledge base for engineering (KB):     A

  2     Problem analysis (PA):                     A

  3     Investigation (IN):                        

  4     Design (DE):                               I

  5     Use of engineering tools (ET):             

  6     Individual and team work (TW):             

  7     Communication skills (CS):                 

  8     Professionalism (PR):                      

  9     Impact of engineering on society and the   
        environment (IS):                          

  10    Ethics and equity (EE):                    

  11    Economics and project management (EP):     

  12    Life-long learning (LL):                   
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