Ebook Fundamentals of the finite element method for heat and fluid flow: Part 1

(BQ) Part 1 book "Fundamentals of the finite element method for heat and fluid flow" has contents: Introduction, some basic discrete systems, the finite element method, steady state heat conduction in one dimension, steady state heat conduction in multi dimensions, transient heat conduction analysis. | Contents Preface xiii 1 Introduction Importance of Heat Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heat Transfer Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Laws of Heat Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Formulation of Heat Transfer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heat transfer from a plate exposed to solar heat flux . . . . Incandescent lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Systems with a relative motion and internal heat generation Heat Conduction Equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boundary and Initial Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Solution Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2 3 5 5 7 8 10 13 14 15 15 17 2 Some Basic Discrete Systems Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steady State Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heat flow in a composite slab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fluid flow network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heat transfer in heat sinks (combined conduction–convection) Analysis of a heat exchanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transient Heat Transfer Problem (Propagation Problem) . . . . . . . . Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .