To provide to students skills and tools to determine the heat transfer in different situations as a result of the temperature configurations, with particular attention to the applications in electronic systems
teacher profile teaching materials
Heat and temperature. Heat capacity. Specific heat.
Heat Conduction: thermal fields, thermal conduction phenomena.
Fourier: postulate and equation in Cartesian and cylindrical coordinate systems.
Examples of analytical solutions
Flat, single and multi, layer steady-state conduction.
Cylindrical layer. Critical radius of insulation.
Stabilized periodic regime.
Semi-infinite layer with step temperature changes
Radiation Heat Transfer: overview about electromagnetic radiation.
Properties of bodies as receivers and as emitters of radiation
Black body emission laws.
Gray bodies, selective bodies, cavities.
View factors. Radiation shields.
Greenhouse effect.
Convection Heat Transfer
Fluid motion between layers at different temperatures.
Boundary layer. Laminar and turbulent fluid motion.
Natural and forced convection.
Dimensional analysis and method of indices.
Dimensionless parameters and their physical meaning.
Heating and cooling of an homogeneous body.
Heat sinks. Examples of heat transfer in electronic systems.
Badaglicca, A., Fondamenti di trasmissione del calore, Aracne, Roma, 1997.
more:
Cengel, Y. A., Termodinamica e trasmissione del calore, Mcgraw-Hill, Milano, 2nd Ed., 2005.
Kreith, F., Principi di trasmissione del calore, Liguori Editore, Napoli, 1975.
Programme
Overview and introduction on the nature of heat.Heat and temperature. Heat capacity. Specific heat.
Heat Conduction: thermal fields, thermal conduction phenomena.
Fourier: postulate and equation in Cartesian and cylindrical coordinate systems.
Examples of analytical solutions
Flat, single and multi, layer steady-state conduction.
Cylindrical layer. Critical radius of insulation.
Stabilized periodic regime.
Semi-infinite layer with step temperature changes
Radiation Heat Transfer: overview about electromagnetic radiation.
Properties of bodies as receivers and as emitters of radiation
Black body emission laws.
Gray bodies, selective bodies, cavities.
View factors. Radiation shields.
Greenhouse effect.
Convection Heat Transfer
Fluid motion between layers at different temperatures.
Boundary layer. Laminar and turbulent fluid motion.
Natural and forced convection.
Dimensional analysis and method of indices.
Dimensionless parameters and their physical meaning.
Heating and cooling of an homogeneous body.
Heat sinks. Examples of heat transfer in electronic systems.
Core Documentation
Barducci, I., Trasmissione del calore, Editoriale Esa, Milano, 1989.Badaglicca, A., Fondamenti di trasmissione del calore, Aracne, Roma, 1997.
more:
Cengel, Y. A., Termodinamica e trasmissione del calore, Mcgraw-Hill, Milano, 2nd Ed., 2005.
Kreith, F., Principi di trasmissione del calore, Liguori Editore, Napoli, 1975.