Standard syllabus
Advanced heat transfer · Graduate · Engineering
Topics
Analytical and numerical conduction
- Multidimensional steady conduction solutions
- Green's functions for heat conduction
- Method of separation of variables in transient problems
- Moving boundary phase change (Stefan problem intro)
- Hyperbolic heat conduction models (overview)
- Coupled thermoelastic stress (intro)
- Finite difference methods for conduction
- Finite volume discretization for heat equation
- Inverse heat conduction problems
- Thermal contact resistance and interface materials
Convection and radiation at advanced level
- Boundary layer heat transfer with dissipation
- Natural convection correlations and scaling
- Boiling curve and critical heat flux mechanisms
- Film condensation on vertical surfaces
- Heat transfer in porous media
- Participating media radiation: RTE intro
- Monte Carlo and discrete ordinates methods
- Combined conduction-convection-radiation in enclosures
- Nanoscale heat transfer and phonon transport survey
- Microchannel heat exchangers for electronics
Pricing
Graduate-level rates are set on consultation. See the pricing page for K–12 and undergraduate rates.