Heat Transfer Calculations [Paperback]

Myer Kutz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 25, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0071410414 | ISBN-13: 978-0071410410 | Edition: 1

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.

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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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (August 25, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071410414
• ISBN-13: 978-0071410410
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,833,698 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A collection of random chapters, June 16, 2009

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This review is from: Heat Transfer Calculations (Paperback)

Do not believe this book's title. The best title should be "Something about heat transfer calculations." Do not believe that Mr. Myer Kutz is the author of this book: he is just a compiler. A professional compiler. This is bad practice of some publisher to misguide readers by placing the compiler's name on the book's cover as the book's author. All the chapters are written by the experts in the appropriate areas, but selection of subjects is quite random. If you are one of this book's authors, buy this book, put it on a shelf, and be proud. Individual chapters can be interesting to the specialists, but the book as a whole is intended for large university libraries only.