Heat Transfer Fundamentals

This lecture covers the fundamentals of heat transfer, focusing on radiation, conduction, and convection. Topics include radiative properties of surfaces, Monte Carlo methods, coupled heat transfer, and radiation in participating media. The instructor discusses the importance of boundary layers, heat flux at surfaces, and the concept of Nusselt number. The lecture also delves into the mathematical modeling of laminar boundary layers, energy conservation, and the correlation of heat transfer coefficients. Various examples, such as cooling of a CPU and different types of convection, are presented to illustrate the theoretical concepts.