Florida International University, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Summer B, 2018
Syllabus
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Wei-Yu Bao, Office: EC 3234, Phone: 305.348.6863,
Email: baow@fiu.edu, Website: http://web.eng.fiu.edu/wbao,
Office hours: 2:10 – 2:40 PM, Tuesdays and Thursdays
CLASSROOM: Lectures: EC 3330, Labs: EC 3410, Section: U03B, Class: #51736
SCHEDULE: 2:40 AM – 6:00 PM, Tuesdays and Thursdays
TEXTBOOK: No textbook is
required for this course. Lab instructions is on the website:
http://web.eng.fiu.edu/reding
OBJECTIVES: To introduce to the basic concepts of heat transfer through hands-on
experiences of the laboratory experiments. To practice in experimental data analysis and technical report
preparation.
TENTATIVE LECTURES
AND EXPERIEMNTS:
Topics:
1. Introduction, Laboratory Safety, Writing Technical Reports
2. Basic Concepts of Heat Transfer, Cross Flow Heat Exchanger
3. Heat Conduction and Convection, Extended Surface Heat Transfer
4. Transient Heat Transfer
5. Combined Convection and Radiation
6. Experimental Data Analysis
Experiments:
1: Cross Flow Heat Exchanger
2: Extended Surface Heat Transfer
3: Transient Heat Transfer
4: Combined Convection and Radiation A
5: Combined Convection and Radiation B
GRADING POLICY:
Lab Reports: 75%, All lab reports have to be submitted in both printed copy and electronic copy on time. Late reports will have 20% per day penalty. The electronic copies have to email to: fiummelabs@gmail.com, with a file mane: EML4906L_Experiment#_Team#.
Final Exam: 25%, A final exam will be given in the class at the end of the semester, open books and notes. Makeup exam will be given only under extremely unusual circumstances. A written request for a makeup exam must be provided.
Grade: A = 95.0 – 100 C+ = 76.7 – 79.9
A- = 90.0 – 94.9 C = 70.0 – 76.6
B+ = 86.7 – 89.9 D = 60.0 – 69.9
B = 83.3 – 86.6 F = below 60.0
B- = 80.0 – 83.2