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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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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