Purdue ME 606: Radiation Heat Transfer Main Page
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This page on thermalHUB.org contains syllabus materials related to a PhD-level course entitled “Radiation Heat Transfer” offered at Purdue University in alternative years. The information here will be updated both by the instructor and the students in the course, including from semester to semester. Others are welcome to view and comment on the material contained on this and related pages. Some links below are accessible only to students in the class, but most are publicly available.
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General Course Description
This course provides a detailed treatment of the transfer of heat by various forms of electromagnetic radiation, with particular emphasis on thermal radiation. Energy transport by photons is considered in detail, as are the material properties from which radiative properties derive. The course considers both fundamental mathematical treatments and engineering applications. Prerequisite: an undergraduate course in basic heat transfer.
Instructor Information
Prof. Tim Fisher; Phone: 4-5627; Email: tsfisher At purdue.edu; Office Hours: 0845-1000 TuTh in ME 185. Others by appointment in BRK 2272
Textbook
The following textbook is required: Radiative Heat Transfer; By Michael F. Modest; Published by Academic Press, 2003; ISBN 0125031637, 9780125031639; 822 pages
Grading Policy
Grades will be based on class participation (10%), homework assignments (20%), an in-class midterm exam (20%), a final project (20%), and a final exam (30%). No late homework will be accepted.
Content and Format of Assigned Work
Homework
Problem sets will be distributed periodically throughout the semester, approximately once every two weeks. The assignments will be due at the beginning of the third lecture after the date of assignment.
Final Projects
Each student will prepare a final project report and give an associated presentation. The project topic must be approved by the instructor by 18 September through each student’s submission of a proposed title and abstract (300-400 words).
The project will include a written portion, which will be formatted as a full journal paper (minimum 5000 words). The paper must include a literature review but should also provide some original analysis that advances the state of knowledge on the subject, and each student will present a 35-minute overview (including 10 min. of Q & A) during the second-to-last week of the semester. The written portion will be due on the day of the last lecture of the course. The overall project grade will be weighted equally between the written and oral portions.
General Course Schedule
(numbers below refer to week number)
- (week of 8/25) Introduction to radiation
- Notes: Introduction
- (week of 9/1) Fundamentals and basic surface properties
- Notes: Fundamentals
- Notes: Radiative Surface Properties
- Notes: Radiation Intensity, Surfaces, and Kirchoff’s Law
- Review paper on the history of thermal radiation theory
- Homework 1 can be accessed here (note: click “Download” on the right side of the linked page), and it is due in class on Tuesday 16 September. The solutions are now available: HW1 solutions.
- (week of 9/8) Basis of radiation and more surface properties
- Notes: Derivation of Planck’s law
- Notes: Solar Constant and Emissivity
- (week of 9/15) Electromagnetic field theory
- Notes: Reflection from Surfaces
- Notes: EM Field Theory
- Homework 2: Modest problems 1.14, 2.2, 2.5, and 2.6 (assigned 18 Sept; due 30 Sept). HW2 Solutions
- (week of 9/22) Enclosure theory
- Notes: Continue Polarization, Reflectances
- Notes: View factors
- (week of 9/29) Gray and non-gray exchange, Participating media
- Notes: Enclosure Characteristics
- Notes: Beyond the Gray Approximation
- Homework 3: Modest problems 4.1, 4.10, 5.3, 5.6, 6.3 (assigned 2 Oct; due 9 Oct) HW3 Solutions
- (week of 10/6) Equation of radiative transfer, Absorbing/emitting/scattering media
- (week of 10/13, no class on 10/14 due to fall break) Midterm exam on 10/16, Review session/extra class on 10/15 at 11am in BRK 2001. Midterm solutions
- (week of 10/20) Solution techniques for the equation of radiative transfer
- Notes: Solutions of the RTE
- Some additional notes on the RTE
- Homework 4: Modest problems 9.1, 9.2, 9.10, 10.2 (assigned 23 Oct; due 4 Nov)
- (week of 10/27) Radiative properties of gases and particulate media
- (week of 11/3) Connection to micro/nanoscale heat transfer
- (week of 11/10) Near-field radiation
- Homework 5: Modest problems 10.4, 10.6, 11.1, 11.3 + special problem: Two dielectrics (n1 = n3) are separated by a planar layer of another dielectric (n2 < n1 = n3) of thickness d. Derive an expression for the Fresnel transmission coefficient t that depends on d, η2, and α as defined in the class notes. (assigned 13 Nov; due 25 Nov) Solutions to Homeworks 4 and 5
- Notes on near-field radiation
- (week of 11/17) Applications: absorption spectroscopy, solar energy
- (week of 11/24, no class on 11/27 due to Thanksgiving break) Applications: solar concentrators
- (week of 12/1) Final project presentations (all during this week, with extra sessions TBD)
- Presentation order: John, Bob, David, Kyle, Shao-wen, Somboon.
- Note the following grading scheme
- ORAL PRESENTATION (50% total, divided equally among the following four categories: (i) intro/motivation, (ii) background/theory, (iii) results/discussion, (iv) conclusions/summary)
- WRITTEN REPORT (50% total, divided equally among the following four categories: (i) style/grammar, (ii) organization, (iii) literature review, (iv) original technical content)
- (week of 12/8) No class this week
- The final exam is scheduled for Monday 15 Dec from 0800 to 1000 AM in room ME 204