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In writing Engineering Hear Trmnfer, I have attempted to provide the reader with a foundation
in the study of heat-transfer principles while also emphasizing some of the topic's practical
applications. The mathematics presented in the text should not present undue learning difficulties
to the student who has completed first courses in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and differential
equations. The book is organized into three sections that cover conduction, convection, and radiation
heat transfer.
Following an introductory chapter that presents fundamental concepts, Chapter 2 presents the
general conduction equation and lays the groundwork for the material that follows in Chapters 3-6.
Chapter 3 covers one-dimensional steady-state conduction, while Chapter 4, on extended surfaces,
serves to present applications of heat-transfer principles to fin design. The last two chapters in this
section concern steady-state conduction problems in which temperature varies with more than one
independent space variable and heat transfer problems in which temperature varies with time.
The second section begins with an introductory chapter on convection and is followed by
chapters that present convection heat transfer in closed conduits, flow past immersed bodies, and
natural convection. Chapter 1 I , on heat exchangers, is another applications-oriented chapter, while
Chapter 12 covers heat-transfer effects associated with condensation and vaporization.
In the final section (Chapters I.? and 14), the fundamental principles of radiation are introduced
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