Unit details
SEM405 - Heat Transfer
| Offered at: | (G, X) |
|---|---|
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Offerings: | Trimester 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit chair: | F Will |
| Prerequisite: | SEM218 and SEM314 |
| Incompatible with: | SEM414 |
| Contact hours: | 1 x 1 hour lecture, 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week, 1 x 2 hour practical per trimester. Compulsory on campus attendance requirement for all students either at scheduled sessions on multiple days during the trimester or on a single scheduled day during Week 9. Typically on-campus (G) enrolled students will attend the compulsory activities for this unit at scheduled sessions on multiple days during the trimester and off-campus (X) enrolled students will attend the compulsory activities for this unit on a single scheduled day during Week 9. |
| Note: Online teaching methods require internet access. Please refer to the most current computer specifications. | |
Content
Topics to be addresses in this unit include: Introduction: general terminology, dimension and units. Steady conduction: Fourier law, overall heat transfer coefficient, thermal resistance (network). General conduction equation theoretical and numerical approaches to solve: two dimensional steady conduction problems. Unsteady conduction: lumped heat capacity method and numerical method up to two dimensions. Convection: principles of convection, empirical formula and natural convection heat exchanger: heat exchanger calculations. radiation: radiation properties; black body, view factors, radiation between black surfaces and radiation between grey surfaces.
Assessment
One assignment 40%, examination 60%. To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must achieve an overall mark of at least 40% in the examination and compulsory attendance is required by all students to unit-specific activities at the Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus. These unit-specific activities may be undertaken either at scheduled sessions on multiple days during the trimester or during a single day of unit-specific activities scheduled during Week 9.
Unit Fee Information
| Student Contribution Rate* | Student Contribution Rate** | Fee rate - Domestic Students | Fee rate - International students |
| $1076 | $1076 | $3750 | $3503 |
* Rate for all CSP students, except for those who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
** Rate for CSP students who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.
