Principles of Heat Transfer

Abstract

The purpose of this book is to provide a basic undergraduate level introduction to the subject of heat transfer.The book is the fifth edition of a classic text in the field.The text presents the fundamental principles and the various methodologies used for solving undergraduate heat transfer problems.The text is organized into ten chapters, beginning with an introduction to the basic modes, and progressing through conduction, convection, and radiation.The first chapter presents the basic conduction, convection, and radiation modes of heat transfer, both separately, and combined.This is a positive feature of the text, as students are immediately introduced to the concept of resistance models, which are used to simplify and solve complex combined heat transfer problems.Conduction is presented in two chapters, the first working through standard conduction analysis for steady, multidimensional, and transient problems, and the second covering numerical analysis techniques.A control volume approach has been adopted for this edition, in contrast to the series expansion approach used in previous editions.Convection is covered in four chapters.Starting with boundary layer fundamentals, the text then introduces natural convection, internal convection, and finally external convection.The natural convection chapter has an extended section on finned surfaces, which has a pertinent application to cooling of electronic devices and circuits.A chapter on heat exchangers describes the most common types with representative applications.Liberal use is made of