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ME 5: Heat Transfer

Steady and transient conduction, fins, convection, radiation and heat exchangers.

Steady and transient conduction, fins, convection, radiation and heat exchangers. Free courses and textbooks, a self-check for every unit, and a build you can rerun, confirmed by people. Course 5 of the Varsity Curriculum: Mechanical Engineering.

Part of: Mechanical Eng. · Proves for: UG

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Physics 4: Thermal Physics

Physics 4: Thermal Physics (reused from the Physics curriculum; optional here).

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4 milestones

  1. 1Temperature and kinetic theory
  2. 2The first and second laws, and entropy
  3. 3Probability and the Boltzmann factor
  4. 4Watch the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution appear
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Solve Differential Equations (MIT 18.03SC)

Maths you need first (reused from the Mathematics or Data Science curriculum; optional here).

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2 milestones

  1. 1Do the problem sets and write them up
  2. 2Model something real with an ODE
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ME 5: Heat Transfer

Course 5: 3 units and a build.

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4 milestones

  1. 1Conduction: steady state, thermal resistance and fins
  2. 2Transient conduction and convection
  3. 3Heat exchangers and radiation
  4. 4Simulate a cooling block and check it two ways
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Solve Partial Differential Equations (MIT 18.152)

Partial differential equations, for the heat equation in depth (reused from the Mathematics curriculum; optional).

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2 milestones

  1. 1Do the problem sets and write them up
  2. 2Solve the heat equation two ways

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Free textbook (download for personal use): conduction, convection, radiation and heat exchangers, 560+ exercises.

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Free MIT course: syllabus, readings and quiz review problems with equation sheets.

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