Lecture to Chapter Inventory
MECH302
Primary source: John Biddle heat transfer lecture transcripts. Support source: Incropera & DeWitt, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 5th ed. Scope: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11. Excluded: Pool boiling. Radiation Chapters 12–13 are not covered except for Chapter 1 introductory radiation formulas.
| Course Chapter | Main Transcript Files | How They Are Used |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter 1 — Introduction | Heat Transfer (01), (02), early part of (03) | Three modes of heat transfer, heat rate vs heat flux, Fourier/Newton/Stefan–Boltzmann rate equations, control-volume and surface energy balances. |
| Chapter 2 — Introduction to Conduction | Late part of (03), (04), early/middle of (05) | Thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, property tables, heat diffusion equation, initial and boundary conditions, conduction problem setup. |
| Chapter 3 — One-Dimensional, Steady-State Conduction | Late part of (05), (06), (07), (08), (09) | Resistance networks, plane/cylindrical/spherical conduction, composite walls, overall heat transfer coefficient, thermal contact resistance, fins and fin efficiencies. |
| Chapter 5 — Transient Conduction | (13), (14), plus relevant review comments in later combined-mode examples | Lumped heat capacity, Biot number, time constant, transient charts/one-term approximations, plane wall/cylinder/sphere transient methods. |
| Chapter 6 — Introduction to Convection | (23), merged into Chapter 7 in Biddle’s lecture sequence | Boundary-layer language, no-slip condition, local/average convection coefficient, dimensionless groups, role of empirical correlations. |
| Chapter 7 — External Flow | (23), (24), (25), (26), and combined examples in (35) | Forced convection over flat plates and cylinders, laminar/turbulent/mixed regimes, Reynolds-number decisions, Hilpert cylinder correlation. |
| Chapter 8 — Internal Flow | (27), (28), (29), (30), and hardware/enhancement comments in (36) | Flow inside tubes, hydrodynamic/thermal entrance regions, laminar/turbulent decision tree, Dittus–Boelter, constant wall temperature/heat flux cases, tube length and heat-rate problems. |
| Chapter 9 — Free Convection | (31), (32), (33), combined-mode examples in (34), (35) | Natural/free convection physics, buoyancy, Grashof/Rayleigh numbers, vertical/horizontal plates and cylinders, combined free convection + radiation. |
| Chapter 11 — Heat Exchangers | Brief comments in (36), supporting material from textbook, related U/UA ideas from (07), (29), (30) | Heat exchanger types, overall heat transfer coefficient, LMTD method, correction factor, epsilon-NTU method. Biddle’s transcript coverage is brief, so this chapter relies more on the textbook as a support source. |
Practical Use Order
For studying, use the files in this order:
- Chapter 1 — modes and balances.
- Chapter 2 — how to mathematically pose conduction problems.
- Chapter 3 — steady 1D conduction resistance networks and fins.
- Chapter 5 — transient conduction decision rules.
- Chapter 6 — convection language and dimensionless groups.
- Chapter 7 — external forced convection.
- Chapter 8 — internal forced convection.
- Chapter 9 — free/natural convection.
- Chapter 11 — heat exchangers.
- Final formula sheet.