MAE 589

Heat Transfer
Spring 2015
Location and Times
Meeting Times: Wednesdays, 4:30 5:20 PM in ECG 236 & online
Class Numbers: 18674 (Hybrid Class)

Course Webpage
http://my.asu.edu
Look for MAE 589: Heat Transfer (2015 Spring). All course documents and assignments will
have to be downloaded from this webpage.

Instructor
Pat Phelan, (480)965-1625, Email: phelan@asu.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 4:30 5:20 PM (online) or by appointment, via teleconference

Required Text
Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals & Applications, 5th Ed., Yunus A. engel &
Afshin J. Ghajar, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2015, ISBN 978-0-07-339818-1.

Course Introduction
The purpose of MAE 589 Heat Transfer is to provide an introduction to various heat
transfer mechanisms and analyses for engineering students, for both thermofluid and nonthermofluid majors. The fundamentals and applications of conductive, convective, radiative,
phase-change, and combined-mode heat transfer will be discussed. The modeling of thermal
systems, including heat exchangers, will be emphasized, and an introduction will be offered to
the cooling of electronic equipment. The only suggested prerequisite is an undergraduate course
in thermodynamics.
This course is offered as a hybrid course, which means that all lectures will take place over
the internet, but there is one optional in-person class each week. The majority of the lectures are
pre-recorded, and are available for you to view at your leisure. One hour per week will be
devoted to a real-time streaming lecture that you should plan to attend. This real-time lecture
will take place on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 5:20 PM Arizona time in ECG 236, and can also be
viewed from any computer with internet access. These real-time lectures will include the ability
for students to ask questions via Voice Over Internet (VOI) protocol. It is expected that all
students will have first viewed the posted asynchronous lectures for a given week BEFORE the
real-time lecture each Wednesday. Note that the first real-time lecture will take place on
January 14, 2015.
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Table 1 Course assignments and grading for MAE 589

Assignment

% of
Semester
Grade

Homework

25%

Online Quizzes

10%

Midterms (2 @ 10% each)

20%

Semester Project

25%

Final Exam

20%

Total

100%

Students who reside outside of Arizona are also welcome to take the class. It is not
necessary for you to attend any classes in person.
All students will be required to take online quizzes, which will be due before 3 PM
(Arizona time) each Wednesday, with the first quiz due on January 21, 2015. The purpose of
these quizzes is to prepare the students for the upcoming real-time lecture at 4:30 PM on
Wednesdays, i.e., theyre supposed to make you read the book (or the required readings) before
class, as well as view the recorded lectures.
A major part of your grade will be a semester project, which will require both a written
report, due on the last day of class, and an oral presentation delivered online to the entire class.
The details for the semester project are given below.

Grading
The semester grade will be determined in the manner described in Table 1. The course will
be graded per the following scale:
A+:
A:
A:
B+:
B:
B:
C+:
C:
D:

97 semester score 100

94 semester score < 97
90 semester score < 94
87 semester score < 90
84 semester score < 87
80 semester score < 84
75 semester score < 80
70 semester score < 75
60 semester score < 70

E:

semester score < 60

Schedule
The topics to be discussed each week, and the required readings, are listed in Table 2. The
scheduled dates for the two midterm exams are also shown. This schedule is subject to change,
but I will try my best to keep the midterms scheduled as they are, unless there are good reasons
to change those dates.

Homework
The homework will be graded on effort, not on getting the correct answer. Therefore, you
are encouraged to work together on the homework assignments. All HW must be scanned in and
submitted online via Blackboard. In general, homework assignments will be due on Fridays by
11:59 PM (just before midnight). The first HW assignment will be due on Friday, January 16,
2015.
Note: No late HW assignments will be accepted.

Quizzes
An online quiz, consisting of true-and-false questions, is required each week, and is due by
4:30 PM each Wednesday (Arizona time). The quizzes will cover both the required readings for
that week, and the posted online lectures for that week. Quizzes must be taken independently.
The first quiz is due on January 21, 2015.

Exams
Two midterm exams (worth 10% each of your semester grade) and one final exam (worth
20% of your semester grade) will be given on a take-home basis, and must be scanned in and
submitted online via Blackboard. All exams must be taken independently. Exam 1 is scheduled
for Friday, Feb 20, 2015, and Exam 2 is scheduled for Friday, April 10, 2015. Each exam will
be administered by being posted on Blackboard at a designated time (typically in the evening),
and the completed exams will need to be scanned in and submitted via Blackboard by the
appropriate deadline. Each exam is 2 hours in length, including the final exam.
Final Exam: TBD

Semester Projects
Your semester project can be on any topic relevant to heat transfer. It is fine to base your
semester project on your thesis research, if appropriate, or you can choose something entirely
different. Your semester project may include experimental measurements, or be entirely
theoretical, or be a combination of experiments and theory. For experiments, data acquisition
systems are available to borrow from Dr. Bruce Steele, SEMTE Laboratory Manager, USE
170D, (480)965-5126, Bruce.Steele@asu.edu. You are encouraged to form teams of up to 5
people to carry out each project, where each person on the team will receive the same grade.

The final report is limited to 8 single-spaced, two-column pages, including all figures and
tables, and it should be written in the form of an ASME conference paper (see ASME Paper
Format and the Author Templates on that site). You must present some graphs, tables, or
perhaps both. Note that I do take off points for poor writing!
All references used in your report must be cited appropriately. That is, you must cite each
reference where it is used in your text, and NOT just list the references at the end of the report.
You must follow ASME format for the references, i.e., the references must be numbered
consecutively.
Your paper should include the following:
Title
Author
Abstract
Introduction
Theoretical Model (if appropriate)
Experiment (if appropriate)
Results and Discussion
Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Work
References (be sure to format per ASME guidelines)
The deadlines for the semester project are as follows:

Feb 27, 2015: discuss idea for project topic in class by presenting one (and only one)
PowerPoint slide
Note: These presentations can be made individually, or by teams, or by partial teams.

Mar 6, 2015: finalize student project teams

Mar 25, 2015: deliver 3-slide project reviews in class (schedule to be determined later)

April 15 & 22, 2015: deliver final oral presentations in class (schedule to be determined
later)

May 1, 2015: submit final project report (due at 11:59 PM on Friday, May 1, 2015)

Project Grading

Oral Presentation: 10 points

Written Report: 10 points for technical content, 5 points for writing

Engineering Equation Solver (EES) Software

There is a FREE software package available through the Blackboard website called
Engineering Equation Solver (EES). This package is easy to use (I think), and includes built-in
thermofluid property data for water, steam, refrigerants, noble gases, etc. It is also very good at
solving sets of nonlinear equations, and can generate attractive graphs and formatted equations.
It supposedly can be used to solve sets of ordinary differential equations, although I havent used
it yet for that purpose.
It is not required that you use EES, but I strongly encourage you to do so.

Academic Integrity
Arizona State Universitys Academic Integrity Policy will be rigorously enforced. I note
here the six sins of academic integrity:

Cheating

Plagiarism

Making up stuff

A little too much help from your friends

Who is hiding behind the screen in online courses (this is particularly relevant!)

Stealing from yourselfself-plagiarism

Suspected violations of ASUs Academic Integrity Policy will be prosecuted to the fullest
extent possible. Penalties will range from a one-letter-grade deduction in the semester grade, to
expulsion from ASU.

Course Topics
The specific topics to be covered in the class, subject to revision, are detailed in Table 2.

Week
1
1/12 1/16

2
1/19 1/23

3
1/26 1/30

4
2/2 2/6

5
2/9 2/13

6
2/16 2/20

7
2/23 2/27

8
3/2 3/6

Table 2 MAE 589 Heat Transfer Spring 2015 Course Outline

Lecture
Topics
Reading1 Quizzes
HW
Posted 1-1
Class introduction
Ch 1
Thermodynamics & Heat
HW 1:
Posted 1-2
Ch 1
No Quiz
transfer fundamentals
due 1/16/15
Real-Time 1 Worked examples
Heat conduction equation;
Posted 2-1
Ch 2
boundary conditions
Boundary conditions
(cont.); linearity;
Quiz 1:
HW 2:
Posted 2-2
Ch 2
homogeneous vs
due 1/21/15 due 1/23/15
inhomogeneous
Thermal resistance; twoReal-Time 2
component systems
Posted 3-1
2D Steady heat conduction
Ch 3
Quiz 2:
HW 3:
Posted 3-2
2D Steady heat conduction
Ch 3
due 1/28/15 due 1/30/15
Real-Time 3 Worked examples
Transient heat transfer:
Posted 4-1
Ch 4
lumped analysis
Quiz 3:
HW 4:
Posted 4-2
Scaling analysis
due 2/4/15 due 2/6/15
Semi-infinite media;
Real-Time 4
thermal network analysis
Posted 5-1
Steady periodic problems
Greens functions: sources
HW 5:
Posted 5-2
No Quiz
& sinks
due 2/13/15
Real-Time 5 Worked examples
Heat transfer with fluid
Posted 6-1
Ch 6
flow: fundamentals
Quiz 4:
No HW
Posted 6-2
General fluids review
Ch 6
due 2/18/15
Real-Time 6 Review for Midterm 1
External boundary-layer
Posted 7-1
flow: Nusselt number
Ch 7
solution for slug flow
Finish Nu slug flow
Quiz 5:
HW 6:
Posted 7-2
solution; Introduction to
Ch 8
due 2/25/15 due 2/27/15
internal forced convection
Student presentations of
Real-Time 7
project topics
Internal forced convection:
Posted 8-1
Ch 8
laminar vs turbulent flow
Quiz 6:
HW 7:
due 3/4/15 due 3/6/15
Internal forced convection:
Posted 8-2
Ch 8
fully developed flow

The indicated material should be read BEFORE the day on which it is listed. The online quizzes are based on
both the reading material and on the posted lectures.

(constant wall temperature;

developing flow
Finish developing flow;
Real-Time 8
introduce EES (recorded)
9
3/9 3/13
Posted 9-1
3/16 3/20
Posted 9-2
Real-Time 9
Posted 10-1
10
3/23 3/27 Posted 10-2
Real-Time 10
Posted 11-1
11
3/30 - 4/3

Posted 11-2
Real-Time 11

12
4/6 4/10

Posted 12-1
Posted 12-2
Real-Time 12
Posted 13-1

13
Posted 13-2
4/13 4/17
Real-Time 13
Posted 14-1
14
Posted 14-2
4/20 4/24
Real-Time 14

15
4/27 5/1

No Quiz

SPRING BREAK

Posted 15-1
Posted 15-2

Natural convection: iceberg

problem
Thermosyphons and optimal
spacing of heated panels
Expansion-driven flow
Boiling heat transfer:
fundamentals
Worked examples
Review student projects
Condensation heat transfer;
Heat pipes
Freezing/melting problems
1
Freezing/melting problems
2: binary solutions
(recorded)
Heat exchangers: LMTD
vs. -NTU method
Microchannel heat sinks
Review for Midterm 2
Radiation heat transfer:
fundamentals
Worked examples in
radiation heat transfer
Student project
presentations
Mass transfer:
fundamentals
Worked examples in mass
transfer
Student project
presentations
Heat transfer in porous
media; Socioeconomic
impacts of heat transfer
research
Rotating heat exchanger;
7

No HW

Ch 9
Ch 9

Ch 10
Ch 10

Quiz 7:
HW 8:
due 3/18/15 due 3/20/15

Quiz 8:
HW 9:
due 3/25/15 due 3/27/15

Ch 10

Ch 11
Ch 11

No Quiz

HW 10:
due 4/3/15

Quiz 9:
due 4/8/15

No HW

Ch 12
Ch 13

Quiz 10:
HW 11:
due 4/15/15 due 4/17/15

Ch 14
Ch 14

Quiz 11:
HW 12:
due 4/22/15 due 4/24/15

No Quiz

No HW

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Technologies Program
Real-Time 15 Review for final exam
Final Exam: TBD