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Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor, SO 01.10.2024
Module code: MEB_24_A_5.18.WFL
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P241-0439
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
2V+2U+1P (5 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
6
Semester: 5
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Project

[updated 22.02.2024]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

MEB_24_A_5.18.WFL (P241-0439) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor, SO 01.10.2024 , semester 5, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
75 class hours (= 56.25 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 180 hours (equivalent to 6 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 123.75 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Marco Günther
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Marco Günther


[updated 28.02.2025]
Learning outcomes:
Field of study: Heat transfer
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Field of study: Fluid mechanics
After successfully completing this part of the course, students will learn the extended physical basics for the calculation of incompressible and especially compressible flows. Students will be familiar with the essential elements of a flow calculation and have some basic experience in operating calculation tool. Through exercises, students will be able to classify fluid dynamic processes and their effects, taking into account the influencing variables, and to calculate them from an engineering perspective.
Students will improve their subject-related technical English skills. Students will know the subject-specific English terms.


[updated 10.03.2026]
Module content:
Field of study: Heat transfer
 
Fourier´s laws of heat conduction, thermal conductivity of fluids and solids, heat transfer coefficient.
- Steady-state problems:
Heat transfer through flat, cylindrical, and spherical walls (PÈCLET-Gin.)
Quasi-one-dimensional and quasi-stationary problems:
Cooling of flowing fluids in pipes, cooling of a fluid in a spherical reservoir, cooling of a wire passing through a liquid bath, fins (finned walls, finned tubes)
- Similarity theory:
Dimensionless parameters (Nu, Re, Pr, Gr, etc.)
- Heat transfer in single-phase media:
Forced convection: channel flows, bodies in cross flow, tube bundles, free convection: flat wall, horizontal cylinder
- Simple heat exchangers:
Recuperators, regenerators: parallel flow, counterflow, cross flow
- Heat transport by radiation:
Planck´s law of radiation, Lambert´s cosine law, Stefan-Boltzmann law, Kirchhoff´s law, radiation exchange between parallel walls, radiation screens, radiation exchange between enclosing surfaces.
- Application:
Exemplary applications of simulation software (like Ansys Fluent, Ansys CFX, Comsol Multiphysics)
 
Field of study: Fluid mechanics
- Incompressible fluids:
Steady flow in piping systems, outflow processes, principle of linear momentum, principle of angular momentum
- Compressible fluids:
Energy equation, outflow processes, supersonic flow
- Application:
Exemplary applications of simulation software (like Ansys Fluent, Ansys CFX, Comsol Multiphysics)


[updated 10.03.2026]
Teaching methods/Media:
Lecture guide, handouts, exercises, formula collection, computer calculation

[updated 22.02.2024]
Recommended or required reading:


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