ME 520

ME 520 - Heat Conduction

Spring 2025

TitleRubricSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Heat ConductionME520E38952LCD41300 - 1450 T R  2051 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg  Kyle Smith
Heat ConductionME520ONL69422ONL4 -     Kyle Smith

Official Description

Fundamentals of heat conduction in isotropic and anisotropic materials; methods of solution to steady and transient heat conduction problems in one, two, and three dimensions; internal heat sources; periodic flow of heat; problems involving phase change; approximate analytical techniques; numerical methods; study of current articles on the subject. Course Information: Prerequisite: ME 420.

Detailed Course Description

Fundamentals of heat conduction in isotropic and anisotropic materials; methods of solution to steady and transient heat conduction problems in one, two, and three dimensions; internal heat sources; periodic flow of heat; problems involving phase change; approximate analytical techniques; numerical methods; study of current articles on the subject. Prerequisite: ME 420 or consent of instructor. 4 hours.

Textbooks: Glen Myers, Analytical Methods in Heat Conduction, AMCHT Publishing

Zhuomin M. Zhang, Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer, McGraw-Hill

Last updated

9/25/2018