Heat Transfer Aspects of Manufacturing Processes

This book deals with certain aspects of material science, particularly with the release of thermal energy associated with bond breaking. It clearly establishes the connection between heat transfer rates and product quality. The editors then sharply draw the thermal distinctions between the various categories of welding processes, and demonstrate how these distinctions are translated into simulation model uniqueness. The book discusses the incorporation of radiative heat transfer processes into the simulation model.

W.J. Mikowycz is the James P. Hartnett professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

E.M. Sparrow is a member of the National Academy of Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

J.P. Abraham is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of St. Thomas in St Paul, Minnesota.

J.M. Gorman is research associate at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.