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HEAT TRANSFER

Course Synopsis:

In this course, three basic modes of heat transfer, namely conduction, convection and radiation, will be covered. Emphasis will be on developing a physical and analytical understanding of the three modes of heat transfer, as well as its applications. Also, the course will be discussed on processes of energy generation and transport from the core of a nuclear fission reactor to the thermal design of such a core. Students will develop an ability to apply governing principles and physical intuition to solve single and multi-mode heat transfer problems for one or two-dimensional system of either steady or transient state. This course also introduces methods for calculating rates of heat transfer by these three modes. The concepts of thermal resistance network will be developed for the analysis of heat flows. The topics emphasize of energy (heat) generation in nuclear processes, the transport of that energy by the reactor coolant to the power cycle, and the limitations imposed by the transport mechanism on the designer of nuclear reactor cores.

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Topic 1_Introduction to Nuclear Reactor System

Topic 2_Nuclear Reactor System

Topic 3_Neutron Flux Distribution in Cores

Topic 4_Reactor Heat Generation

Topic 5_Basics of Heat Transfer

Topic 6_Introduction to Conduction

Topic 7_Heat Conduction in Reactor Elements_Part 1

Topic 7_Heat Conduction in Reactor Elements_Part 2

Topic 7_Heat Conduction in Reactor Elements_Part 3

Topic 7_Heat Conduction in Reactor Elements_Part 4

Topic 7_Heat Conduction in Reactor Elements_Part 5

Topic 8_Convective Heat Transfer

Topic 9_RADIATION PROCESSES AND PROPERTIES_Part 1

Topic 9_RADIATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN SURFACES_Part 2

FLUID MECHANICS

Course Synopsis:

Physics of fluid: what is fluid, some definitions, surface tension, compressible and Incompressible flow, classes of flow, and physical classification. Fluid statics: pressure, differential equations of fluid statics, manometry, fluid force on submerged bodies, buoyancy, and stability of floating bodies, and liquid in relative equilibrium. Fluid in motion: continuity equation, energy and mass equilibrium, Euler, Bernoulli, and Momentum equations. Friction in fluid flow: velocity profile in pipes, roughness, friction factor, Moody chart. Flow measurement: venturi and pitot tube, orifice, notches, and weirs. Pump and pumping: principle, types, selection, and application of pumps. Dimensional analysis, similitude in fluid mechanics, parameters of incompressible and compressible flow.

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Chapter 1_The Physics of Fluid

Chapter 2_Fluid Statics

Chapter 3_Fluid Dynamics

Chapter 4_Friction Flow in Pipes

Chapter 6_Pumps

Chapter 7_Dimensional Analysis_with solutions