Intermediate Heat Transfer
Author: Dr. Ahmad Fakheri, Bradley University, Peoria, IL, USA
Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, July 2013Request an examination copy.
Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, July 2013Request an examination copy.
Written for an advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate course, Intermediate Heat Transfer assumes no prior knowledge of heat transfer topics and starts with the basics. The text puts emphasis on formulating problems, obtaining solutions using analytical and numerical methods, and analyzing results. The numerical solutions are primarily obtained using spreadsheets. The text also contains a chapter on CFD to provide the necessary background for obtaining and analyzing CFD solutions. The breadth and depth of coverage of the topics also make the text an appropriate one for the undergraduate heat transfer course, and a must reference for the graduate convection course.
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. 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 author presents detailed analytical as well as numerical solutions to many basic and 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, in a methodical and systematic way. The CFD 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 method, 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 combustion problems.
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. 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 author presents detailed analytical as well as numerical solutions to many basic and 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, in a methodical and systematic way. The CFD 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 method, 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 combustion problems.
