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| MAKL7470 | Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Microchannels | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims at providing students with an understanding of single-phase fluid flow and heat transfer phenomena at the micro-scale and its applications to some basic microchannels. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Identify basic concepts of microchannel flows | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 | 1,6 | | PO - 2 : | Identify various models characterizing fluid flows in microchannels | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 | 1,6 | | PO - 3 : | Analyze and solve fluid flow problems in microchannels | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 | 1,6 | | PO - 4 : | Analyze and solve heat transfer problems in microchannels | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 | 1,6 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Microscopic length scales, continuum assumption and thermodynamic equilibrium, rarefaction and wall effects, intermolecular collisions in rarefied gases, accommodation coefficients, viscous dissipation, flow regimes and models, first-order and higher-order slip boundary conditions, single-phase fluid flow and heat transfer in some basic microducts ( circular, planar and concentric annular microduct), mixed convection in microchannels, single-phase liquid flow in microchannels. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, microscopic length scales | | | Week 2 | Continuum assumption, thermodynamic equilibrium | | | Week 3 | Intermolecular collisions in rarefied gases, rarefaction and wall effects | | | Week 4 | Accommodation coefficients, viscous dissipation | | | Week 5 | Flow regimes and models | | | Week 6 | First-order and higher-order slip boundary conditions | | | Week 7 | Single phase fluid flow and heat transfer in some basic microducts: fully developed flow in micropipe | | | Week 8 | Single phase fluid flow and heat transfer in some basic microducts: fully developed flow in microplane duct | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Single phase fluid flow and heat transfer in some basic microducts: thermally developing flow in microplane duct | | | Week 11 | Project study | | | Week 12 | Mixed convection in microducts | | | Week 13 | Single-phase liquid flow in microchannels | | | Week 14 | Single-phase liquid flow in microchannels | | | Week 15 | Project study presentations | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Kandlikar, S.G., Garimella, S., Li, D., Colin, S., King, M.R. 2006; Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Minichannels and Microchannels, Elsevier, Oxford | | | |
| 1 | Karniadakis, G., Beskok, A., Aluru, N. 2005; Microflows and Nanoflows, Springer, New York | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 09 | 19/11/2012 | 2 | 30 | | Presentation | 15 | 31/12/2012 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 07/01/2013 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Proje | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 160 |
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