Professor

M. Pinar Mengüç

269 RGAN;  Ph. 257-6336 x 80658;  

E-mail: menguc@engr.uky.edu

MTWRF 8:00-9:15 am FPAT 255

( by appointment).

Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer, 4th Ed., R. Siegel and J. Howell, Taylor and Francis, 2002.

Class Notes; M. P. Mengüç, 2004 (as needed).

Basil Wong, Mathieu Francoeur

There will be regular, weekly homework assignments. They will be handed out every Wednesday and are to be turned in at the beginning of the lecture the following Wednesday. Solutions of the HW problems will be posted on the web on Wednesdays.

During the semester, there will be one 60-minute in class exam, and one Take-Home exam on the following dates:

March xx, 2006 and  April xx, 2006

There will be no Final Exam; During the Final Exam Period, we will have Term-Paper Presentations.

May RGAN 207

Each student is expected to prepare a term-project during the semester. The details of the projects will be announced during the semester.

In this course, we intend to develop a comprehensive understanding of radiative transfer phenomena. To this extend, we will: 1) study the fundamentals of radiative heat transfer; 2) develop solutions for the radiative transfer equation in one, two, and three-dimensional geometries, for both non-participating and participating media; 3) discuss the models to determine the radiative properties of combustion gases and particles; 4) investigate the interaction of radiation with conduction, convection, and radiation; and 5) discuss the application of radiation transfer to engineering problems. This course will be developed around computer programs and individual research projects.