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Homework assignments posted here are subject to correction in class or through other means.  Problems as assigned here are for your convenience but are not a substitute for obtaining assignments in class.  

Assignments as issued in class supercede these assignments unless otherwise noted.

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Homework #1 (Due January 17, 2006)

Homework aids thought conduction

Problems for Class: 15.2, 15.5

Problems for Submission: 15.13, 15.17, 15.23, 15.24, 15.25

Assignment Learning Objectives:

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Apply Fourier’s law to describe conductive heat transfer processes(15.2, 15.13, 15.17, 15.25)

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Apply Newton’s law to describe convective heat transfer processes (15.5, 15.17, 15.24, 15.25)

bulletUse the resistance approach to describe multiple heat transfer mechanisms (15.2, 15.17, 15.24, 15.25)
bulletUse cylindrical coordinates to evaluate heat transfer (15.17)

Reading Assignments:

bulletWednesday (1/11): Review Chapters 4 and 6; Complete Chapter 15 (pp. 201-214)
bulletThursday (1/12): Chapter 16 (pp. 219-224); Laboratory Report 1 Due
bulletTuesday (1/17): Chapter 17 (pp. 226-236); HW1 Due, HW2 Assigned
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Homework #2 (Due January 24, 2006)

A Composite of Heat Transfer Problems

Problems for Class: 16.7, 17.2

Problems for Submission: 16.1, 16.2, 17.6, 17.15

Assignment Learning Objectives:

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Simplify the general differential energy balance for different geometries, boundary conditions, and specifications (16.7, 16.1, 16.2,)

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Determine heat transfer rates and temperature profiles for composite materials at steady -state with and without internal heat generation (17.2, 17.6, 17.15)

Reading Assignments:

bulletWednesday (1/18): Extended Surfaces (Ch. 17, pp. 236-243)
bulletThursday (1/19): 2 and 3-D Heat Transfer (Ch. 17, pp. 243-255)
bulletTuesday (1/24): HW2 Due, HW3 Assigned
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Homework #3 (Due January 31, 2006)

Extending Your Dimensions

Problems for Submission: 17.4, 17.22, 17.24, 17.32, 17.37

Assignment Learning Objectives:

bulletEvaluate the heat transfer through a composite material (17.4)
bulletAnalyze the rate of heat transfer and temperature profile in extended surfaces (17.22, 17.24)
bulletSolve the Laplace equation for systems with interesting boundary conditions (17.32)
bulletSolve the Poisson equation for systems with internal heat generation (17.37)

Reading Assignments:

bulletWednesday (1/25): Unsteady state heat transfer, Chapter 18 (pp. 263-275
bulletThursday (1/26): Chapter 18 (pp. 275-283); Project 1 Assigned
bulletTuesday (1/31): HW3 Due, HW4 Assigned
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Homework #4 (Due February 7, 2006)

Is unsteady-state like time travel?

Problems for Submission:

P1. Consider heat conduction through the walls of a pipe when the inside wall temperature is 200oC and the outside wall temperature is 80oC and the thickness of the wall is 0.05 m. The inside radius (r0) is 0.05m and the outside radius is 0.1m. The differential equation that describes the temperature distribution is

Apply a finite difference representation of the derivatives of T with respect to r to obtain a set of linear equations which can be solved for the temperature as a function of radial position in the pipe wall.

18.2; 18.9; 18.19a,f; 18.24; 18.32

For 18.19, compare solutions for both 1-D and 2-D conduction

Assignment Learning Objectives:

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Use Excel functions to perform complex calculations using formulae

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Practice designing spreadsheets involving graphs and advanced functions

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Use conditional statements when creating spreadsheets

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Ensure calculations are performed using dimensionally consistent terms

Reading Assignments:

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Tuesday (2/1): Complete Chapter 3 study (Workshop 3)

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Thursday (2/3): Sections 4.1-4.4 (Matrix basics)
HW4 Due

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Homework #5 (Due February 14, 2006)

Feel the Heat...

Problems for Submission:

19.3; 19.20

Assignment Learning Objectives:

bulletEvaluate dimensionless quantities related to convection (19.3)
bulletUse momentum analogies to approximate convective heat transfer coefficients (19.20)

Reading Assignments:

bulletWednesday (2/8): Complete Convection Overview, Chapter 19
bulletThursday (2/9): Exam 1 (Conduction)
bulletTuesday (2/14): Convection correlations, Chapter 20 (pp. 312-320)
HW5 Due, HW4 Assigned
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Homework #6 (Due February 21, 2006)

Every time you shop for appliances remember this assignment

Problems for Submission:

20.1; 20.8; 20.15; 20.18; 20.30; 20.47

Assignment Learning Objectives:

bulletApply correlations to determine appropriate convection coefficients for various geometries for both forced and natural convection
bulletApply principles of heat transfer analysis once the convection coefficient is estimated
bulletUse iterative methods to solve heat transfer problems when a temperature is unknown

Reading Assignments:

bulletWednesday (2/15): Convection correlations, Chapter 20 (pp. 320-334)
bulletThursday (2/16): Wrap up convection correlations
bulletTuesday (2/21): Heat transfer involving phase change, Chapter 21, (pp. 340-351)
HW6 Due, HW7 Assigned
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Homework #7 (Due February 28, 2006)

Big Bubbles, No Troubles

Problems for Submission:

21.3; 21.12; 21.16; 21.17; 21.23

Note that problem 21.17 refers to 21.16, not 21.14.


Assignment Learning Objectives:

bulletApply correlations to determine appropriate convection coefficients for various geometries and flow regimes for boiling and condensation
bulletApply principles of heat transfer analysis once the convection coefficient is estimated

Reading Assignments:

bulletWednesday (2/22): Problem Session
bulletThursday (2/23): Heat Exchangers, Chapter 22, pp. 354-361
bulletTuesday (2/28): More Heat Exchangers, Chapter 22, (pp. 361-375)
HW7 Due, HW8 Assigned
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Homework #8 (Due March 7, 2006)

Finally We Come To A Point

Problems for Submission:

22.2; 22.8; 22.12, 22.15; 22.17

Assignment Learning Objectives:

bulletDesign heat exchangers to meet performance expectations based on LMTD and NTU methods
bulletAnalyze existing heat exchanger performance accounting for fouling

Reading Assignments:

bulletWednesday (3/01): Finish Heat Exchangers
bulletThursday (3/02): Radiation Heat Transfer, Chapter 23, (pp. 379-401)
bulletTuesday (3/07): Re-radiation, Chapter 23, (pp. 401-414)
HW8 Due, HW9 Assigned
bulletWednesday (3/08): Radiation Wrap-up, Exam Review
bulletThursday (3/09): EXAM 2
bulletTuesday (3/14): SPRING BREAK
bulletWednesday (3/15): SPRING BREAK
bulletThursday (3/16): SPRING BREAK
bulletTuesday (3/21): Mass Transfer, Chapter 24, (pp. 421-452)
Project 1 Due
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Homework #9 (Due March 21, 2006)

Zap

Problems for Submission:

23.8; 23.9; 23.15, 23.19

Assignment Learning Objectives:

bulletApply Stefan-Boltzmann equation to describe radiation heat transfer
bulletApply Planck’s Law to describe the behavior of incident radiation
bulletUse view factors to determine incident radiation fractions
bulletAnalyze heat transfer between surfaces for both blackbodies and gray bodies

Reading Assignments:

bulletWednesday (3/08): Radiation Wrap-up, Exam Review
bulletThursday (3/09): EXAM 2
bulletTuesday (3/14): SPRING BREAK
bulletWednesday (3/15): SPRING BREAK
bulletThursday (3/16): SPRING BREAK
bulletTuesday (3/21): Mass Transfer, Chapter 24, (pp. 421-452)
Project 1 Due, HW9 Due, HW 10 Assigned
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Homework #10 (Due March 28, 2006)

Its too late to transfer anything but mass

Problems for Submission:

24.2, 24.5, 24.13, 24.16, 24.23, 24.30

Assignment Learning Objectives:

bulletDemonstrate ability to work with different measures of concentration
bulletEstimate diffusivities for gases and liquids
bulletEstimate diffusion coefficients in porous solids

Reading Assignments:

bulletTuesday (3/21): Mass Transfer, Chapter 24, (pp. 421-452)
Project 1 Due, HW9 Due, HW10 Assigned
bulletWednesday (3/22): Chapter 24 Wrap-up
bulletThursday (3/23): Chapter 25, (pp. 457-472)
bulletTuesday (3/28): Chapter 26, (pp. 479-503)
HW10 Due, HW11 Assigned
bulletWednesday (3/29): Chapter 26, (pp. 503-516)
bulletThursday (3/30): Chapter 26 Wrap-up
bulletTuesday (4/4): Class to be rescheduled
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Homework #11 (Due April 4, 2006)

Anything but ordinary (DEs)

Problems for Submission:

25.5, 25.10, 25.11
26.6, 26.10, 26.13, 26.27

Assignment Learning Objectives:

bulletSimplify the governing DE and Flux equations for mass transfer
bulletEvaluate the mass transfer for systems approximated by unimolecular diffusion, pseudo-steady-state diffusion, and equimolar counterdiffusion
bulletEvaluate mass transfer for systems involving reactions and varying interfacial area

Reading Assignments:

bulletWednesday (3/29): Chapter 26, (pp. 503-516) 1-Dimensional Molecular Mass Transfer
bulletThursday (3/30): Chapter 26 Wrap-up
bulletTuesday (4/4): Class to be rescheduled TBA
bulletWednesday (4/5): Chapter 27, (pp. 527-544) Unsteady State Mass Transfer
HW 11 Due, HW 12 Assigned (Ch. 27)
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Homework #12 (Due April 11, 2006)

Unsteady Does Not Mean Unstable

Problems for Submission:

27.3, 27.14, 27.18, 27.22

Assignment Learning Objectives:

bulletDetermine the concentration profiles for systems which vary with time for simple boundary conditions
bulletApply analogies with heat transfer to mass transfer

Reading Assignments:

bulletThursday (4/6): Wrap-up unsteady state mass transfer
bulletTuesday (4/11): Chapter 28, (pp. 550-567) Convective Mass Transfer
HW 12 Due, HW 13 Assigned (Ch. 28-29)
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Homework #13 (Due April 18, 2006)

Get a movin’ with mass transfer

Problems for Submission:
28.12, 28.13, 28.20, 28.25
29.10, 29.16

Assignment Learning Objectives:

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Estimate the mass transfer coefficient for simple systems

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Apply the Chilton-Colburn analogy between heat and mass transfer

bulletDetermine the local and overall mass transfer coefficients for two-phase systems

Reading Assignments:

bulletWednesday (4/12): Chapter 28, (pp. 567-579)
bulletThursday (4/13): Chapter 29, (pp. 586-599) Interphase Mass Transfer
bulletTuesday (4/18): Chapter 30, (pp. 605-633) Convective MT Correlations
HW 13 Due, HW 14 Assigned (Ch. 30)
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Homework #14 (Due April 27, 2006)

Almost... there... almost...

Problems for Submission:
30.6, 30.12, 30.28, 30.29
31.5, 31.12, 31.14

Assignment Learning Objectives:

bulletApply appropriate correlations to estimate mass transfer coefficients
bulletAnalyze systems involving convective mass transfer
bulletDesign mass transfer equipment using rate-based methods

Reading Assignments:

bulletWednesday (4/19): Mass Transfer Theory Wrap Up
bulletThursday (4/20): Exam 3, Chapters 24-29
bulletTuesday (4/25): Chapter 31, (pp. 645-665) Mass Transfer Equipment
bulletWednesday (4/26): Chapter 31, (pp. 665-681) Equipment Design
bulletThursday (4/27): Design Wrap-up, HW14 Due
bulletTuesday (5/2): No Meeting
bulletThursday (5/4): Final Exam
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Homework #15 (Due May 2, 2006)

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