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LEC # TOPICS
1 Modes of heat transfer
2 CONDUCTION: resistances; energy equation
3 Energy equation, Biot number
4 Fins
5 Lumped capacity
6 Transient conduction
7 Semi-infinite bodies
8 Multidimensional conduction
9 Numerical simulation
  Quiz 1 (through Lectures 1-9)
10 CONVECTION: conservation equations
11 Laminar boundary layers
12 Integral methods
13 Internal flows
14 Turbulence
15 Turbulence, noncircular ducts, crossflows
16 Natural convection
17 Condensation
18 MASS TRANSFER: mixtures, diffusion
  Quiz 2 (through Lectures 10-17)
19 Species conservation, analogy to heat transfer
20 Evaporative cooling
21 RADIATION: black bodies
22 View factors
23 Gray body networks
24 Spectral surfaces, solar radiation
  Final exam (comprehensive)