![]() The algorithms and interfaces for each module are uniquely tailored for the particular application – thus avoiding the frequently-steep learning curves associated with much more powerful, commercially available and often costly CFD packages. About thirty (30) “mini-modules,” which use a combination of an Excel spreadsheet for input and graphical display of output and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros for the serious calculations, have also been developed and may be downloaded here. We have developed software modules for ten (10) fundamental topics in heat transfer. By combining this more fundamental approach with enhanced color-visualization techniques, these software modules allow a student to “see” - and thus perhaps to understand - the physics underlying a particular process. Often the result was a facility for doing more conventional calculations, only faster and usually the computed result was just a single “answer” - such as an overall convective heat-transfer coefficient or fin efficiency.īy contrast, our software uses modern numerical algorithms to solve the fundamental governing ordinary or partial-differential equations in real time. ![]() In the past most instructional-software packages for heat & mass transfer were based on the “computerization” of existing analytical solutions and experimental correlations.
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