Topic 1

Introduction
Physical origins and rate equations
conservation of energy for a control volume.
units and dimensions.

Topic 2
Introduction to conduction
The conduction rate equation.
thermal properties of matter.
heat diffusion equation
boundary and initial conditions
Topic 2
Heat Diffusivity
Topic 3
Steady state and transient conduction
The plane wall temperature distribution
Thermal resistance
The composite wall
Contact resistance
Radial systems
Conduction with thermal energy generation
Heat transfer from extended surfaces
Introduction to two dimensional conduction
Introduction to transient conduction.
Topic 4
Introduction to convection
The convection boundary layers
Laminar and turbulent flow
The convection transfer equations
Boundary layer similarity:
The normalized convection transfer equations
Physical significance of the dimensionless parameters
Boundary layer analogies
The effects of turbulence
The convection coefficients
Introduction to free convection