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Summary: GR8 book for the NOVICE
Review: This book is one of the best I have ever read for all my courses I had in my ME curriculum.
Heat transfer is a very interesting phenomena and I didnt know about it till I was introduced to this courses. All the various modes of heat transfer-conduction,convection and radiation give you a better insight about normal day physics, I shud say.....
As far as the book is concerned, its great in fact its written by one of our Professor's Dewitt here at Purdue.. Yeah but he doenst teach anymore too bad:(
enjoy this subject!
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Summary: Thorough heat transfer book
Review: This is an excellent text for the heat transfer novice, both as a supplement to a class and as a personal teaching tool. The writing is easy to understand, and the chapters are arranged logically. The examples are well chosen and usually demonstrate how the theory and equations can be put to good use.I have only two complaints about this text: There are far too few sample problems (and no problems with only answers provided) and the mass transfer is not taught in a useful way. The prior is a failure of many text books, but the latter is a major drawback. Incropera and Dewitt basically say "Mass transfer is the same as heat transfer, except use these units and equations." All of the mass transfer is tucked into a few chapters, as if it was an afterthought. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the fundamentals of heat transfer, but look elsewhere for a useful introduction to mass transfer.
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Summary: Thorough heat transfer book
Review: This is an excellent text for the heat transfer novice, both as a supplement to a class and as a personal teaching tool. The writing is easy to understand, and the chapters are arranged logically. The examples are well chosen and usually demonstrate how the theory and equations can be put to good use. I have only two complaints about this text: There are far too few sample problems (and no problems with only answers provided) and the mass transfer is not taught in a useful way. The prior is a failure of many text books, but the latter is a major drawback. Incropera and Dewitt basically say "Mass transfer is the same as heat transfer, except use these units and equations." All of the mass transfer is tucked into a few chapters, as if it was an afterthought. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the fundamentals of heat transfer, but look elsewhere for a useful introduction to mass transfer.
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Summary: A good reference...
Review: This is probably the most popular heat transfer textbook for mechanical engineers and with good reason. Material is presented quite clearly and the concepts are presented in an orderly fashion. The authors do not go too deeply into detail so they don't confuse those just learning the basics. There are good reference lists at the ends of the chapters; this could be used by those wishing to learn more. The materials reference is relatively complete and is, surprisingly, fairly easy to read compared to many properties lists. That said, this book should be updated with more recent applications including those from the electronics packaging field. The section on numerical methods is quite weak and there is no discussion of recent technological advances in heat transport. There probably should be more material added in the heat exchanger/heat sink area for the book to stay relevant to modern problems. I think this is a good reference that you can pull off the shelf years later when you forget some of the basics.
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Summary: A good reference...
Review: This is probably the most popular heat transfer textbook for mechanical engineers and with good reason. Material is presented quite clearly and the concepts are presented in an orderly fashion. The authors do not go too deeply into detail so they don't confuse those just learning the basics. There are good reference lists at the ends of the chapters; this could be used by those wishing to learn more. The materials reference is relatively complete and is, surprisingly, fairly easy to read compared to many properties lists. That said, this book should be updated with more recent applications including those from the electronics packaging field. The section on numerical methods is quite weak and there is no discussion of recent technological advances in heat transport. There probably should be more material added in the heat exchanger/heat sink area for the book to stay relevant to modern problems. I think this is a good reference that you can pull off the shelf years later when you forget some of the basics.
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Summary: Excellent general heat transfer book
Review: This is the best all around book on heat transfer I have come across. I have owned the 3rd edition for nearly 10 years and refer to it almost daily in my job (doing heat transfer and fluid flow analysis for a semiconductor equipment company). The theory is clearly explained and well illustrated by many worked examples. The extensive tables of thermal properties in the back are nearly worth the price themselves. I don't think the serious student of heat transfer can go wrong with this book.
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Summary: Excellent general heat transfer book
Review: This is the best all around book on heat transfer I have come across. I have owned the 3rd edition for nearly 10 years and refer to it almost daily in my job (doing heat transfer and fluid flow analysis for a semiconductor equipment company). The theory is clearly explained and well illustrated by many worked examples. The extensive tables of thermal properties in the back are nearly worth the price themselves. I don't think the serious student of heat transfer can go wrong with this book.
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Summary: Too Much Theory
Review: Too much theory and messy equations. If you want to know all the gory details then this book is fine. But if you just want to solve H.T. problems as quickly and efficiently as possible then look elsewhere. In most cases you can get answers that are equal or more accurate by using tables, instead of fooling around with tons of messy equations. There are so many assumptions used in the equations that tables based on real-world data are usually more accurate anyway.
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Summary: very good text-book
Review: very good book with well designed (real-life)technical problems in the domain of heat transfer and well worked out examples. I would very much wish to get the guide to the solution of the problems.It would be of tremendous assistance.
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Summary: Excellent reference especially for those in electronics
Review: Well written concepts in the fundementals of heat transfer with a prefernce toward applications in the electronic field. Section on internal & external flow very good primer for other more advanced texts (ie; Convection - Kays & Crawford or Boudary Layer Theory - Schlichting)
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