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Heat Transfer

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  • Covers the study of heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation useful for UG and PG level
  • Covers basic principles to advanced level
  • Sufficient worked examples with illustrations and end chapter exercises given in each chapter

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
  2. Introduction to the Study of Heat Transfer

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 1-16
  3. Steady Conduction in One Dimension

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 17-63
  4. Unsteady Heat Transfer in Lumped Systems

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 65-95
  5. Heat Transfer from Extended Surfaces

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 97-150
  6. Multidimensional Conduction Part I

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 151-218
  7. Multidimensional Conduction Part II

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 219-251
  8. Numerical Solution of Conduction Problems

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 253-321
  9. Basics of Thermal Radiation

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 323-357
  10. Surface Radiation

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 359-403
  11. Radiation in Enclosures

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 405-474
  12. Radiation in Participating Media

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 475-543
  13. Laminar Convection In Internal Flow

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 545-610
  14. Laminar Convection in External Flow

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 611-684
  15. Convection in Turbulent Flow

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 685-725
  16. Heat Exchangers

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 727-762
  17. Natural Convection

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 763-813
  18. Special Topics in Heat Transfer

    • S. P. Venkateshan
    Pages 815-913
  19. Back Matter

    Pages 915-1015

About this book

The book covers various topics of heat transfer. It explains and analyzes several techniques and modes of heat transfer such as conduction in stationary media, convection in moving media and also by radiation. It is primarily a text book useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The book should also interest practicing engineers who wish to refresh their knowledge in the field. The book presents the various topics in a systematic way starting from first principles. The topics are developed to a fairly advanced level towards the end of each chapter. Several worked examples illustrate the engineering applications of the basic modeling tools developed in the text. The exercises at the end of the book are arranged chapter wise and challenge the reader to tackle typical real-life problems in heat transfer. This book will be of potential use for students of mechanical engineering, chemical engineering and metallurgy in most engineering colleges.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

    S.P. Venkateshan

About the author

Prof. S.P. Venkateshan obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1977. After spending three years at Yale University, he joined Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1982. He has been teaching subjects related to Thermal Engineering to both UG and PG students for the past 32 years. He has published extensively and has more than 100 publications to his credit. The areas of his interest are: a) Interaction of natural convection with radiation, b) Numerical and experimental heat transfer, c) Heat transfer in space applications d) Radiation heat transfer in participating media and e) Instrumentation. Prof. Venkateshan has been a consultant to ISRO, DRDO, and BHEL in India and NASA in the US. He has three patents to his credit in the area of instrumentation. He has also guided about 30 scholars towards the Ph.D. and a similar number of scholars towards the M.S. (by Research) degree at IIT Madras. The present book had its beginnings in the notesprepared for the course on Heat Transfer taught by him for several years at IIT Madras.

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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