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MECH 3460 Heat Transfer

Course Outline Winter 2014
Course Objective
This is a first course in heat transfer. Topics covered include (1) fundamental concepts relevant to heat
transfer analysis, (2) steady-state and transient conduction, (3) forced and free convection, (4) external and
internal flows, (5) heat exchangers and (6) fundamentals of radiation (time permitting).

Contact Hours
3 lecture hours per week, 2 tutorial hours per week, 4 credit hours.

Prerequisites
MATH 3132; ENG 1460.

Textbook
Bergman, T.L., Lavine A.S., Incropera, F.P., DeWitt D.P., Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 7
th
Ed.,
John Wiley and Sons, 2011.

Course Content
Chapter 1: Introduction.
Chapter 2: Introduction to conduction. Read section 2.2.1 for interest only.
Chapter 3: One-dimensional steady-state conduction (excluding Sections 3.1.5, 3.5, 3.6.4, 3.6.5, 3.7, 3.8,
and 3.9). Read Examples 3.1 and 3.2.
Chapter 5: Transient conduction (excluding Sections 5.3, 5.8, 5.9, and 5.10).
Chapter 6: Introduction to convection (excluding material related to mass transfer and the concentration
boundary layer such as Sections 6.1.3 and 6.2.2). Sections 6.4 and 6.5 will be covered
differently in class. Omit Section 6.7.
Chapter 7: External flow (excluding material related to mass transfer). Omit Sections 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.7, and
7.8. Exclude the derivation of Equations (7.19), (7.20) and (7.23) in Section 7.2.1; these
equations, however, will be used.
Chapter 8: Internal flow (excluding Sections 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, and 8.9).
Chapter 9: Free convection (excluding Sections 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, and 9.10). Sections 9.2 to 9.4 will be covered
differently in class.
Chapter 11: Heat exchangers (excluding finned surfaces in Section 11.2 and Equations (11.1b) to (11.4); we
will use Equations (11.1a) and (11.5)). Omit Section 11.6.
Chapter 12: Radiation (a brief introduction, time permitting).

Important Dates
First Day of Classes: 6 January 2014
Voluntary Withdrawal Date: 19 March 2014
Last Day of Classes: 9 April 2014

Evaluation
The final course grade is determined by the students performance on the following:

Component Value Details
Assignments (7) 7% TBA (due in the tutorial)
Term Tests (4) 43% 29 January 2014, 26 February 2014, 19 March 2014, 2 April 2014
(100 minutes, in tutorial slot)
Final Examination 50% April exam period, set by the Registrars Office (3 hours)

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
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Quizzes, Term Test, and Final Examination
The quizzes, the term test, and the final examinations are open textbook. One double-sided 8 by 11
inch aid sheet is allowed during the quizzes, the term test and the final examination; additional sheets
or notes are not allowed during any of these examinations. No problem solutions may be written in the
text book or on the aid sheet.
A student card (or equivalent photo identification) will be required at the quizzes, the term test, and the
final examination.
Electronic devices other than dedicated calculators are not permitted during the quizzes, the term test,
and the final examination. A non-dedicated calculator device serving as a calculator (e.g., a mobile
phone running a calculator application) is not allowed.
You may write on the left-hand page in the examination booklet (that material will be marked).
There will be no make-up quizzes or term test. The weight of the final exam will be adjusted to include
the weight of any valid missed quiz or term test.
Solutions to the quizzes and the term test will be posted on JUMP.

Assignments
Assignments will be made up of problems from the Problem List. Details of the assignments and their
due dates will be given in class.
You are encouraged to work on your assignments with your peers, but you must write a solution on
your own (i.e., do not copy).
No late submissions of assignments will be accepted. A waiver will only be granted based on medical,
compassionate, or university-related travel reasons. Contact the instructor prior to the university-related
travel.
Solutions to the assignments will be posted on JUMP.

Instructor
Prof. Scott Ormiston
Room E1-484 EITC
Telephone: (204) 474-8639
E-mail: engsjo@cc.umanitoba.ca

Web Page
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~engsjo/teaching/MECH-3460/

Lectures
Room E2-125 EITC: Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 to 11:15
Electronic devices or systems such as MP3 players, PDAs, iPods, iPads, cell phones, notebook
computers, and other wireless communication or data storage devices are not allowed in the lecture
room without prior permission from the course instructor.

Tutorial
Room E2-130 EITC: Wednesday 11:30 to 13:20
The tutorial time will be used for a combination of (1) extra lecture time, (2) working on assignments,
and (3) writing term tests.

Office Hours
Mondays: 14:30 to 15:20 and Tuesdays: 13:30 to 14:20, or by appointment.
Students are encouraged to make use of the instructors office hours (or other arranged meeting times) to
discuss any issues related to the course.


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Teaching Assistants
A teaching assistant (TA) will be present during the tutorial sessions. The TA (or TAs) assigned to the course
will be available for consultation throughout the term and may be contacted by email to ask questions or to
arrange a meeting. Detailed contact information for the TA (or TAs) will be provided.



Important Points to Remember
Attendance at lectures and tutorials is essential for successful completion of this course. There is a lot
of interesting material in this course. It would be unwise to fall behind; it is generally too much
material to learn in a very short period of time before a quiz, test, or final examination.
The lectures will cover the important and essential features of the material, but time will not allow
covering all the details. It will be necessary for you to read the related sections in the text book; the
text book is well-written and contains many examples. Also review your lecture notes regularly.
It is crucial that you do problems to understand the details of the analyses. Work through problems
from the Problem List and examples from the lectures and the text book without referring to the
solution. Do not leave solving problems to the last minute.
In order to help you prepare for the term tests and the final examination, some previous tests and
examinations will be made available for review at an appropriate time on JUMP and also on the U of
M libraries E-Res system.
It is the responsibility of each student to contact the instructor in a timely manner if he or she is
uncertain about his or her standing in the course and about his or her potential for receiving a failing
grade.

Academic Integrity
Students are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with the highest ethical standards of the
Profession of Engineering and evince academic integrity in all their pursuits and activities at the University.
As such, in accordance with the General Academic Regulations and Requirements of the University of
Manitoba, Section 7.1, students are reminded that plagiarism or any other form of cheating in examinations,
assignments, laboratory reports or term tests is subject to serious academic penalty (e.g., suspension or
expulsion from the faculty or university). A student found guilty of contributing to cheating in examinations
or term assignments is also subject to serious academic penalty.

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Learning Outcomes:
1. Comprehend the meaning of the terminology and physical principles associated with heat transfer.
2. Describe pertinent transport phenomena for a process or system involving heat transfer.
3. Calculate heat transfer rates and/or material temperatures using the requisite inputs.
4. Develop models representing real processes and systems, and draw conclusions concerning
process/system design or performance from the resulting analysis.


Expected Competency Level **
Learning
Outcome
Attribute*
A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12
1 2
2 3 2
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 3

*Attributes:
A1 A knowledge base for engineering
A2 Problem analysis
A3 Investigation
A4 Design
A5 Use of engineering tools
A6 Individual and team work
A7 Communication skills
A8 Professionalism
A9 Impact of engineering on society/ environment
A10 Ethics and equity
A11 Economics and project management
A12 Life-long learning
**Competency Levels:
1 - Knowledge (Able to recall information)
2 - Comprehension (Able to rephrase information)
3 - Application (Able to apply knowledge in a new situation)
4 - Analysis (Able to break problem into its components and
establish relationships)
5 - Synthesis (Able to combine separate elements into whole)
6 - Evaluation (Able to judge of the worth of something)


Student Contact Time (Hrs)
Lectures: 3 hrs lecture/week *13 weeks/term = 39 hrs
Tutorials: 2 hr tutorial *12 weeks = 24 hrs

Evaluation
Component Value (%) Methods of Feedback * Learning Outcomes Evaluated
Assignments 4 F, S 1 4
Quizzes 26 F, S 1 4
Mid-Term Test 20 F, S 1 4
Final Examination 50 S 1 4
* Methods of Feedback: F - formative (written comments and/or oral discussion), S - summative (number grades)