Computer Applications in Engineering Education · 1997 · 21 citations · 0 references
EngineeringComputational EngineeringMechanical EngineeringComputational Heat TransferHeat TransferThermal AnalysisHeat ExchangeHeat ExchangersHeat Transfer AnalysisHeat Transfer FundamentalsHeat Transfer ModelingThermal DesignComputational Thermal ModelingCrossflow Heat ExchangersGraphical User InterfacesHeat Exchanger DesignHeat Exchanger ModelingHeat Exchanger Performance AnalysisHeat Flow AnalysisShell-and-tube Heat Exchangers
This article describes two personal computer–based teaching modules designed to instruct engineering students in the more fundamental thermal aspects of the analysis and design of heat exchangers. One module applies to shell-and-tube exchangers; the other applies to cross-flow types. Enhanced numerical algorithms solve discretized forms of the governing differential energy-conservation equations. Graphical user interfaces display temperature distributions along with traditional design and performance measures. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 5: 231–242, 1997