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With complete coverage of the basic principles of heat transfer along with a broad range of applications in a flexible format, Heat Transfer: A Practical Approach, provides the perfect blend of fundamentals and applications. The text provides a highly intuitive and practical understanding of the material by emphasizing the physics and the underlying physical phenomena involved. Using a reader-friendly approach and a conversational writing style, the book is self-instructive and entertains while it teaches. It shows that highly technical matter can be communicated effectively in a simple yet precise language.
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cen58933_fm.qxd 9/11/2002 10:56 AM Page vii CONTENTS Preface xviii Nomenclature xxvi CHAPTER TWO HEAT CONDUCTION EQUATION 61 2-1 CHAPTER ONE Steady versus Transient Heat Transfer 63 Multidimensional Heat Transfer 64 Heat Generation 66 BASICS OF HEAT TRANSFER 1 1-1 Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer 2 2-2 Application Areas of Heat Transfer 3 Historical Background 3 1-2 Engineering Heat Transfer 4 Heat and Other Forms of Energy 6 2-3 The First Law of Thermodynamics 11 Energy Balance for Closed Systems (Fixed Mass) 12 Energy Balance for Steady-Flow Systems 12 Surface Energy Balance 13 1-5 Heat Transfer Mechanisms 17 1-6 Conduction 17 2-4 Boundary and Initial Conditions 77 1 2 3 4 5 6 Thermal Conductivity 19 Thermal Diffusivity 23 2-5 1-7 Convection 25 1-8 Radiation 27 2-6 2-7 1-9 Simultaneous Heat Transfer Mechanisms 30 Specified Temperature Boundary Condition 78 Specified Heat Flux Boundary Condition 79 Convection Boundary Condition 81 Radiation Boundary Condition 82