Swayamprabha

This page contains materials for the following courses of Swayamprabha DTH (MOOC):

(A) Numerical Methods

(B) Heat and Mass Transfer


Detail about channels, archive videos of Swayamprabha is available on the official website [Link]

(A) Numerical Methods


The following files are available for download here:

1. Down Scilab from here (https://www.scilab.org) {Scilab is a free and open source software for engineers & scientists}

2. Roots of Equations: Part 1

3. [To be added soon]

(B) Heat and Mass Transfer


The following files are available for download here:

1. Special Topics: Numerical Methods in Heat Conduction (Notes on 1-D steady state, Notes on 1-D transient state) (SciLab Programs 1-D Steady State, 1-D Transient State) (About SciLab) (Matlab Sample Programs 1-D Steady State, 1-D Transient State)


The 40 lectures for this course are available on the 'Channel 17' YouTube channel. The playlist link of these 40 lectures is available here.


Each individual lecture details are mentioned below. For each lecture, the YouTube link and the lecture slides are provided below. [Note: Lecture slides will be added soon]

Lecture 01: Introduction [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 02: Conduction Heat Transfer (Part-1) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 03: Conduction Heat Transfer (Part-2) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 04: Conduction Heat Transfer (Part-3) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 05: Conduction Heat Transfer (Part-4) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 06: Steady State Conduction (Part-1) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 07: Steady State Conduction (Part-2) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 08: Steady State Conduction (Part-3) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 09: Transient Conduction (Part-1) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 10: Transient Conduction (Part-2) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 11: Finite Difference Methods (Part-1) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 12: Finite Difference Methods (Part-2) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 13: Introduction to Convection (Part-1) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 14: Introduction to Convection (Part-2) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 15: Introduction to Convection (Part-3) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 16: Introduction to Convection (Part-4) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 17: Forced Convection: External Flow [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 18: Forced Convection: Internal Flow (Part-1) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 19: Forced Convection: Internal Flow (Part-2) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 20: Forced Convection: Internal Flow (Part-3) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 21: Natural Convection [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 22: Boiling & Condensation (Part-1) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 23: Boiling & Condensation (Part-2) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 24: Heat Exchangers (Part-1) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 25: Heat Exchangers (Part-2) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 26: Heat Exchangers (Part-3) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 27: Heat Exchangers (Part-4) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 28: Fundamentals of Radiation (Part-1) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 29: Fundamentals of Radiation (Part-2) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 30: Fundamentals of Radiation (Part-3) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 31: Fundamentals of Radiation (Part-4) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 32: Fundamentals of Radiation (Part-5) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 33: Radiation Heat Transfer Between Surfaces (Part-1) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 34: Radiation Heat Transfer Between Surfaces (Part-2) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 35: Radiation Heat Transfer Between Surfaces (Part-3) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 36: Radiation Heat Transfer Between Surfaces (Part-4) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 37: Mass Transfer (Part-1) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 38: Mass Transfer (Part-2) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 39: Mass Transfer (Part-3) [YouTube] [Slides]

Lecture 40: Mass Transfer (Part-4) [YouTube] [Slides]


Links to some useful courses available on various MOOC portals such as NPTEL, Swayam Prabha, edX, MIT OpenCourseWare etc


  1. Introduction to Uncertainty Analysis and Experimentation, by Prof. S. R. Kale, IIT Delhi (Link to NPTEL page) (Link to Playlist on Youtube)

  2. Desalination and Water Purification, by Prof. John Lienhard & Dr. Miriam Balaban, MIT (Link to MIT OpenCourseWare)

  3. Thermodynamics, by Prof. S. R. Kale, IIT Delhi (Link to Playlist on Youtube)