Heat Conduction and Mass Diffusion [Hardcover]

Benjamin Gebhart (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0070231516 | ISBN-13: 978-0070231511 | Publication Date: January 1, 1993

Containing not only classical material and analysis, but using this as a basis for many kinds of application processes which are important in critical technologies, this text provides a comprehensive treatment of heat and mass transfer at graduate level. Mass transfer mechanisms and processes are integrated with material on heat conduction and there are over 300 problems, graded from the very simple to the most complex mechanisms covered by the formulations. An abundance of classical analytical solutions show the value of such methodologies. Increasingly powerful numerical methods, as one of the most important aspects of modern heat and mass transfer education are also included.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College (January 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070231516
• ISBN-13: 978-0070231511
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,644,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars bad reference book, February 25, 2004

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Jiri Vejrazka (Toulouse, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heat Conduction and Mass Diffusion (Hardcover)

The book gives the solution to some heat conduction / mass diffusion problems. However, the book contains only the solutions of the basic cases of the conduction/diffusion. There are typing errors in some equations. The book is not well arranged and always not very clear (e.g., nomenclature is missing; in the chapter "Diffusivity mechanisms", even the explanation of the symbols in the text is not clear).

I recommend the book of Carslaw, Jaeger: Conduction of heat in solids for people, who are looking for the mathematical solutions of the heat conduction equation for many special cases, or Bird, Stewart, Lightfoot: Transport phenomena for the people interesting more in engineering approach.