Intermediate Heat Transfer
Author: Dr. Ahmad Fakheri, Bradley University, Peoria, IL, USA
Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, July 2013
Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, July 2013
This book fills the gap between the undergraduate heat transfer course and specialized advanced courses like conduction, convection, radiation, and mass transfer. Much has changed in the field of heat transfer, in what is taught, and how it is presented. An important change has been a shift away from advanced analytical techniques, to more reliance on numerical solutions, which also broadens the topics that are covered in these courses. Written for an advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate course, Intermediate Heat Transfer starts with the basics, and puts emphasis on formulating problems, obtaining solutions, and analyzing results using analytical, and numerical methods with the aid of spreadsheets and CFD software.
The text employs nondimensionalization as a tool for simplifying the governing equations, developing additional insights into the physics of the problems, identifying the relevant parameters, and arriving at general solutions. The text has a chapter covering the needed advanced mathematical techniques. The author presents detailed analytical as well as numerical solutions to many advanced problems using spreadsheets, although the numerical solutions can also be obtained using equation solvers and computing environments, or direct programming using languages such as Fortran or C. A novel approach is used for teaching turbulence, which is more intuitive and takes the mystery out of the origins of the arbitrary constants. There is extensive coverage of flow separation. The text contains a chapter on CFD to provide the necessary background for obtaining and analyzing CFD solutions. The chapter includes a number of step-by-step tutorials for solving more complicated problems using Fluent, both to show how CFD codes are used as well as a further check of some of the more commonly used assumptions. The text also has extensive coverage of heat exchangers and their networks, including detailed coverage of the heat exchanger efficiency that is used for their design and analysis, eliminating the need for complicated charts or equations. The chapter on mass transfer and chemically reactive flows provides the background needed for modeling of combustion problems. Click here to request an examination copy.
The text employs nondimensionalization as a tool for simplifying the governing equations, developing additional insights into the physics of the problems, identifying the relevant parameters, and arriving at general solutions. The text has a chapter covering the needed advanced mathematical techniques. The author presents detailed analytical as well as numerical solutions to many advanced problems using spreadsheets, although the numerical solutions can also be obtained using equation solvers and computing environments, or direct programming using languages such as Fortran or C. A novel approach is used for teaching turbulence, which is more intuitive and takes the mystery out of the origins of the arbitrary constants. There is extensive coverage of flow separation. The text contains a chapter on CFD to provide the necessary background for obtaining and analyzing CFD solutions. The chapter includes a number of step-by-step tutorials for solving more complicated problems using Fluent, both to show how CFD codes are used as well as a further check of some of the more commonly used assumptions. The text also has extensive coverage of heat exchangers and their networks, including detailed coverage of the heat exchanger efficiency that is used for their design and analysis, eliminating the need for complicated charts or equations. The chapter on mass transfer and chemically reactive flows provides the background needed for modeling of combustion problems. Click here to request an examination copy.