MAE2402 – Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
Lecture 1: Introduction and Overview
Teaching staff
� Meng Wai Woo (Lecturer)
� Consultation hours:
Room 206, Building 36
Monday 11am – 1pm
Wednesday 2pm – 4pm
� Phone: 9905 9344
� Email: [email protected]
� Demonstrators:
� Chris, Sean
MAE2402 – Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
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What is this all about?!
� Study of heat and energy and the transfer, transport and conversion of energy
� Thermodynamics
� Science of energy transformation (amoutnand quality)
� Equilibrium state and processes
� Heat transfer
� Science of rate of energy transfer
� Non-equilibrium state and processes
MAE2402 – Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
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� Thermodynamics
MAE2402 – Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
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What is this all about?!
� Heat transfer
MAE2402 – Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
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Why?!!
� Aerospace applications
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Weekly study commitments
� Lectures (3 hours)
� Tuesday (11am-12pm, CL25/S10)
� Wednesday (9am-10am, CL60/E6)
� Friday (8am-9am, CL60/E6)
� Tutorials & Laboratories (3 hours -alternating)
� Wednesday (2pm-5pm, CL37/157)
� Friday (9am-12pm)
� Private studies (6 hours)
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Assessment Tasks
� Topics tests 3 x 5% = 15%
� Tuesday
� Tuesday
� Tuesday
� Short lab reports 2 x 3% = 6%
� 1 x A4 page of text + data
� Submitted 1 day after lab
� Long lab report 1 x 9% = 9%
� 5-10 x A4 page of text + data
� Submitted 2 weeks after lab
� Final exam (3 hr, closed book) 70%
MAE2402 – Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
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Study resources
� Prescribed textbook
� Y.A. Cengel, Introduction to
Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, 2nd
Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2008
� May use 1st edition as well
� Teaching materials
� Blackboard website
� Further reading
� Chopra
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Communication
� Communication
� Lectures, tutorials, laboratory
� Blackboard website, monash email
� Feedback to you
� Marks, written comments
� Class feedback, group discussion
� Feedback to me
� Email or verbal comments
� Survey, unit evaluations
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Problem solving technique
� Technique 1 – Dimensional homogeneity
� Primary dimensions
� Secondary dimensions
� SI units
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Problem solving technique
� Technique 1 – Dimensional homogeneity
� All terms must be have the same dimensions
(units)
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Problem solving technique
� Technique 2 – Approach a problem
� Step 1: Problem statement
� Step 2: Schematic
� Step 3: Assumption
� Step 4: Physical laws
� Step 5: Properties
� Step 6: Calculations
� Step 7: Reasoning and discussion
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Example
� Two aircrafts are being accelerated from stationary
condition for 5 s prior to take off. The first plane
weighing 3000 kg is being accelerated at 60 kN.
The second plane weighing 2000 kg is being
accelerated at 65 KN. Which plane is faster at take
off?
MAE2402 – Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
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