Heat-Transfer Calculations - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071410414 ISBN 13: 9780071410410

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2005

Synopsis

Packed with laws, formulas, calculations solutions, enhancement techniques and rules of thumb, this practical manual offers fast, accurate solutions to the heat transfer problems mechanical engineers face everyday.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

ESSENTIAL HEAT-TRANSFER SOLUTIONS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
An on-the-spot source for heat-transfer calculations, this book is packed with step-by-step procedures, calculations, enhancement techniques, formulas, laws, and rules of thumb. This convenient reference gives you the tools to solve a broad section of problems dealing with subjects ranging from thermal industrial equipment to thermal properties of materials.

Written by an international team of authors, this book offers:

• Systematic procedures for specific problems, such as those involving heat-exchanger design and air-conditioning systems heat load
• Solutions to thousands of problems in all types of heat transfer—conduction, convection, radiant, boiling, and condensation
• Methods for achieving the highest possible energy efficiency
• Calculation procedures for thermal properties of materials and surfaces
• Quick-find organization
• Tabular data at your fingertips

THE COMPLETE HEAT-TRANSFER SOLUTIONS TOOLKIT
Basic heat-transfer concepts * Conduction heat transfer * Convection heat transfer * Radiation heat transfer * Boiling and condensation heat transfer * Heat-exchanger calculations * Heat transfer in furnaces * Techniques to enhance heat transfer * Thermophysical properties of fluids and gases * Thermal properties of solid materials * Thermal properties of surfaces

About the Author:

Myer P. Kutz has been President of Myer Kutz Associates, Inc., a publishing and information services consulting firm, since 1990. He was vice president in charge of professional and sci-tech publishing at John Wiley & Sons for 5 years. He is a member of the board of the Online Computer Library Center and is a former chair of the publications committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He has a BS in mechanical engineering from MIT and a master's from RPI. Mr. Kutz is the editor of Standard Handbook of Biomedical Engineering & Design and Handbook of Transportation Engineering, both from McGraw-Hill, and other books on engineering.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0071410414
• ISBN 13: 9780071410410
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 768
• Editor: Kutz Myer