• Introduction to conduction heat transfer; conservation of energy
• 1-D steady conduction, thermal resistances, fins
• 2-D, 3-D steady conduction, separation of variables, superposition
• Numerical methods for conduction
• 1-D unsteady conduction, lumped capacitance, semi-infinite solids
• 2-D, 3-D unsteady conduction
• Introduction to radiation
• Surface properties, spectral, directional, total
• Surface-to-surface radiation, view factors
• Radiation in participating media, radiative transfer equation
• Optically thick/thin limits
• Numerical methods for radiation
• Multi-mode heat transfer

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