ME 548 - Thermal Energy Transport

(4 credits)

Continued study of properties and descriptions of conduction, convection and thermal radiation heat transfer; thermal boundary layer theory; forced and natural convection, heat transfer correlations. Thermodynamics of thermal radiation, radiation intensity, surface properties and energy exchange. Laboratory emphasizes experimental design and development of empirical relationships. Offered winter. This course is cross listed with an undergraduate course. Credit cannot be received for both ME 548 and ME 448.