THERMAL FLUID DYNAMICS
cod. 05645

Academic year 2007/08
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Impianti industriali meccanici (ING-IND/17)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Hub-specific activity
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

The course is aimed at providing the basic knowledge to tackle problems in heat transfer and fluid flows.

Prerequisites

Thermodynamics

Course unit content

<br />Heat transfer. Conduction, convection, radiative heat transfer. Fourier law, thermal conductivity, Fourier equation. Heat transfer coeficient, Nusselt number. Black body and gray body; Stefan Boltzmann law, Plank law, Wien law. View factors, thermal shields. Fluid flow, viscosity, rheology. Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. Fully developed flows. Heat exchangers.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Teacher's book and lectures.

Teaching methods

Oral lessons.

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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