Detailed Contents

CHAPTER N° 1 : GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE DIFFERENT MODES OF HEAT TRANSFER

  1. A reminder of thermodynamics
  2. Different modes of heat transfer
CHAPTER N° 2 : INTRODUCTION TO CONDUCTION

  1. The conduction rate equation
  2. The thermal conductivity, and the thermal diffusivity
  3. The heat diffusion equation for : cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates
  4. Initial & boundary conditions
CHAPTER N° 3 : ONE-DIMENSIONAL, STEADY-STATE CONDUCTION

  1. Fourier's law
  2. The thermal resistance concept
  3. Case of : simple wall, composite walls, cylindrical layer, and composite cylindrical layers
  4. Extended surfaces, fins
CHAPTER N° 4 : CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER

  1. The convection boundary layers
  2. Newton's cooling law
  3. Natural convection
  4. Forced convection
CHAPTER N° 5 : RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER

  1. Thermal radiation
  2. Stefan-Boltzmann law
  3. Radiation of black bodies and non black bodies
  4. Radiation heat transfer between a small object and the walls of a large enclusure

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