Course detail

Thermomechanics

FAST-NTB034Acad. year: 2025/2026

Theory of heat transfer in building services. Thermal properties of materials, elementary heat processes. Vapour and conditions of vapour. Thermal processes, their dynamic, analytical and numerical solution. Heat transfer by natural and forced convection. Heat transfer by phase changes. Heat transfer by radiation. Principles of heat exchangers in building services. Special problems in heat transfer in building services.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Ondřej Šikula, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Services (TZB)

Entry knowledge

  • Professional Knowledge: The student understands the theoretical principles of steady-state and transient heat conduction, convection, radiation, phase transitions, and thermodynamic states of water vapor in building services engineering applications.
  • Professional Skills: The student can analytically and numerically solve heat transfer and conduction problems in planar and cylindrical structures, convective heat exchange, and phase changes within building services systems.
  • Professional Competences: The student is qualified to independently evaluate and optimize the thermal performance of building structures and HVAC/building services components for energy-efficient design and operation.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

  • Professional Knowledge: The student understands the theoretical principles of steady-state and transient heat conduction, convection, radiation, phase transitions, and thermodynamic states of water vapor in building services engineering applications.

  • Professional Skills: The student can analytically and numerically solve heat transfer and conduction problems in planar and cylindrical structures, convective heat exchange, and phase changes within building services systems.

  • Professional Competences: The student is qualified to independently evaluate and optimize the thermal performance of building structures and HVAC/building services components for energy-efficient design and operation.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

DRÁBKOVÁ, Sylva, 2008. Mechanika tekutin. 1. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita. ISBN 978-80-248-1508-4. Dostupné také z: https://cdrive.vsb.cz/index.php/s/TSQKDOuJhZFnyI6 (CS)
GEBAUER, Günter, 1996. Termika pro TZB. Základní úlohy v příkladech. Brno: Vysoké učení technické v Brně, 56 s. ISBN 80-214-0745-X. (CS)
INCROPERA, Frank P., David P. DEWITH, Theodore L. BERGMANN a Lavine ADRIENNE S., 2007. Introduction to heat transfer. 5th ed. Danvers: John Wiley, 901 s. ISBN 978-0-471-45727-5. (EN)
VDI-Wärmeatlas: Berechnungsblätter für den Wärmeübergang, 2002. 9., überarb. und erw. Aufl. Berlin: Springer, 1 sv. (různé stránkování). ISBN 35-404-1200-X. (DE)
2021 ASHRAE Handbook -- Fundamentals (SI), 2021. Atlanta: ASHRAE. ISBN 978-1-947192-90-4. (EN)
JANALÍK, Jaroslav a Pavel ŠŤÁVA. MECHANIKA TEKUTIN. 1. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita. Dostupné také z: https://cdrive.vsb.cz/index.php/s/xb3FjosMqUXlaiS (CS)
JÍCHA, Miroslav, 2001. Přenos tepla a látky. Brno: CERM, 160 s. ISBN 80-214-2029-4. (CS)
NAKAYAMA, Y. a R. F. BOUCHER, 1999. Introduction to fluid mechanics. New York. ISBN 03-406-7649-3. (EN)
PAVELEK, Milan, 2011. Termomechanika. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 192 s. ISBN 978-80-214-4300-6. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-SIS Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Ondřej Šikula, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Heat transfer in building services. 2. Water vapour and its states. 3. Analytical solution of steady stay heat conduction. 4. Numerical solution of steady stay heat conduction. 5. Non-stationary heat conduction in a wall and a ground. 6. Non-stationary convection in a cylindrical wall, analytical and numerical solution. 7. Free and forced convection heat transfer. 8. Heat transfer by a phase change. 9. Radiative heat transfer. 10. Current topics in heat and mass transfer.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Ondřej Šikula, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Heat transfer in building services. 2. Water vapour and its states. 3. Analytical solution of steady stay heat conduction. 4. Numerical solution of steady stay heat conduction. 5. Non-stationary heat conduction in a wall and a ground. 6. Non-stationary convection in a cylindrical wall, analytical and numerical solution. 7. Free and forced convection heat transfer. 8. Heat transfer by a phase change. 9. Radiative heat transfer. 10. Current topics in heat and mass transfer.