Heat Transfer Lab

Catalog description

Prerequisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in MENG 3380 . The lab reinforces the heat transfer principles taught in MENG 3380 . Students perform team-based, hands-on experiments to explore conduction (steady-state and transient across planar, cylindrical, and spherical geometries), convection (internal and external, laminar and turbulent), and radiation heat transfer. Key topics include lumped capacitance methods, heat exchanger performance, and validation of theoretical and numerical models using modern instrumentation such as thermocouples, data acquisition systems, and heat flux sensors.