15616 - Applied Thermo-Fluid-Dynamics

Academic Year 2015/2016

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Mechanical Engineering (cod. 0949)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course the student has acquired the basics of fluid dynamics and heat transfer and is able to apply analytical and numerical techniques to solve issues of interest in Mechanical Engineering.

Course contents

Introduction. Summary of Thermodynamics. Introduction to the modes of heat transfer. Conduction, the basics. One-dimensional, steady-state conduction. Two-dimensional, steady-state conduction. Transient conduction. Convection, the basics. External flows. Internal flows. Free convection. Boiling and condensation. Heat exchangers. Radiation: mechanisms and properties. Radiation: exchange between surfaces. Basics of mass transport.

Readings/Bibliography

Materiale fornito dal docente.
Incropera, DeWitt, Bergman, Lavine Principles of Heat and Mass Transfer, 7th Ed. International Student Version. Wiley 2011.
Further references:
Guglielmini - Pisoni - Introduzione alla trasmissione del calore - Casa Editirice Ambrosiana 2002.
Guglielmini - Pisoni - Elementi di trasmissione del calore -  Casa Editirice Ambrosiana 1996.

Teaching methods

Examples and practical demonstrations to exemplify theory; use of charts and diagrams as needed to compute relevant quantities.

Assessment methods

Written and oral test. Explanations in the 'News' section of teacher's website to be published shortly before the course begins.

Teaching tools

Classroom exercises and experiments.

Office hours

See the website of Marco Lorenzini