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MECH 3011 Heat Transfer: Convection

SYLLABUS: Spring 2014

Lectures: Tue. 15:30pm16:20pm (LE3); Fri. 15:30pm17:20pm (LE3)



Dr. F. Liu, Assistant Professer
Rm 7-10, Haking Wong Bldg, ph 2859-2631, Email : fordliu@hku.hk

Office Hours: 2:00 - 3:00pm, Fri.

Co-teacher: Dr. L.Q. Wang, Professor

Textbooks:
(1) Yunus A. Cengel, Heat and Mass Transfer: A Practical Approach (3
rd
ed.), Chapters 6-9 only.
(2) J. P. Holman, Heat Transfer (10
th
ed.), Chapters 5-7 only.


Date Lecture Topic Reading Remark
1. Fundamentals of Convection 6-1 to 6-4
Textbook #1
2. Fundamentals of Convection 6-5 to 6-7
3. Fundamentals of Convection 6-8 to 6-11 Textbook #1
4. External Forced Convection 7-1 to 7-2 Textbook #1
5. External Forced Convection 7-3 to 7-4 Textbook #1
6. External Forced Convection 8-1 to 8-2 Textbook #1
7. Internal Forced Convection 8-3 to 8-4 Textbook #1
8. Internal Forced Convection 8-5 to 8-6 Textbook #1
9. Natural Convection 9-1 to 9-2 Textbook #1
10. Natural Convection 9-3 to 9-4 Textbook #1
11. Natural Convection 9-5 to 9-6 Textbook #1
12. Revision
Feb. 28 Midterm


Evaluation (?):
1) Final Exam (80%): There are four questions in Section A by Prof. L.Q. Wang, and two
questions in Section B (Convection part only) by Dr. F. Liu. Students have to answer
FIVE out of SIX questions (at least one question from Section B).
2) Midterm (10%)
3) Lab (10%) : The lab timetable will be sent out separately soon; not in the reading week.

Note that if a student failed a course, then he/she has to retake all the assessment components (EX,
CA and PW) of the course even though he/she has passed the CA and or the PW components in
his/her previous attempt.