SG3311 Heat Transfer and Strength of Materials Laboratory Syllabus:

SG3311 Heat Transfer and Strength of Materials Laboratory Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1 To gain experimental knowledge of Predicting the thermal conductivity of solids and liquids.
2 To gain experimental knowledge of Estimating the heat transfer coefficient values of various fluids.
3 To gain experimental knowledge of Testing the performance of tubes in tube heat exchangers.
4 To study the mechanical properties of metals, wood and spring by testing in laboratory.

PART I Heat Transfer Laboratory

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

1. Thermal conductivity measurement of pipe insulation using lagged pipe apparatus.
2. Determination of thermal conductivity of a composite wall, insulating powder, oils, and water.
3. Determination of heat transfer coefficient of air under natural convection and forced convection.
4. Heat transfer from pin-fin under natural and forced convection.
5. Determination of heat flux under pool boiling and flow boiling in various regimes.
6. Determination of heat transfer coefficient in film-wise and drop-wise condensation.
7. Determination of friction factor, heat transfer coefficient of cold/hot fluid and effectiveness of a tube in-tube heat exchanger.
8. Determination of Stefan – Boltzmann constant.
9. Determination of emissivity of a grey surface.

PART II strength of Materials Laboratory

List of Experiments:

1. Tension test on mild steel rod
2. Torsion test on mild steel rod
3. Hardness test on metal (Rockwell and Brinell Hardness)
4. Impact test on mild steel specimen
5. Compression test on helical spring
6. Deflection test on carriage spring

TOTAL:60 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

At the end of the course the students would be able to
1. Conduct experiment on Predict the thermal conductivity of solids and liquids
2. Conduct experiment on Estimate the heat transfer coefficient values of various fluids.
3. Conduct experiment on Test the performance of tubes in tube heat exchangers
4. Determine the stiffness properties of helical and carriage spring
5. Determine the tensile, torsion and hardness properties of metals by testing