Detailed Contents
CHAPTER N° 1 : GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE DIFFERENT MODES OF HEAT TRANSFER
- A reminder of thermodynamics
- Different modes of heat transfer
CHAPTER N° 2 : INTRODUCTION TO CONDUCTION
- The conduction rate equation
- The thermal conductivity, and the thermal diffusivity
- The heat diffusion equation for : cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates
- Initial & boundary conditions
CHAPTER N° 3 : ONE-DIMENSIONAL, STEADY-STATE CONDUCTION
- Fourier's law
- The thermal resistance concept
- Case of : simple wall, composite walls, cylindrical layer, and composite cylindrical layers
- Extended surfaces, fins
CHAPTER N° 4 : CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER
- The convection boundary layers
- Newton's cooling law
- Natural convection
- Forced convection
CHAPTER N° 5 : RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER
- Thermal radiation
- Stefan-Boltzmann law
- Radiation of black bodies and non black bodies
- Radiation heat transfer between a small object and the walls of a large enclusure
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