Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

ME 4130 - Conduction, Convection, and Radiation


Advanced analytical treatment of conduction, convection, and radiation. Boundary value problems, boundary layer theory, radiation network matrix analysis.

Requisites: ME 3122 and (MATH 4600 or ME 4970)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to determine radiation from black bodies and analyze solar radiation.
  • Students will be able to develop governing equations for modeling thermal energy transport.
  • Students will be able to solve multi-dimensional, steady state, and transient conduction problems.
  • Students will be able to use a boundary layer approximation to find convection heat transfer.
  • Students will be able to use matrix methods for solving radiation exchange among black and gray surfaces.
  • Students will be able to use non-dimensional numbers in conduction and convection problems.
  • Students will be able to use shape factors for calculating diffuse radiation exchange between surfaces.


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