Natural Convective Heat Transfer from Horizontal and Near Horizontal Surfaces

ISBN-13: 9783319787497 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 121 str.

Patrick Oosthuizen; Abdulrahim Y. Kalendar

Opis

This book deals with a natural convective heat transfer situation of significant practical importance that has not been adequately dealt with in existing texts or widely available review papers: natural convective heat transfer from horizontal and near horizontal surfaces.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Natural Convective Heat Transfer from Upward Facing Horizontal Isothermal Circular, Square, Two-Dimensional, and Rectangular Shaped Surfaces.- Natural Convective Heat Transfer from Upward Facing Horizontal Plane Surfaces of Complex Shape.- Recessed and Protruding Heated Horizontal Surfaces.- Inclined and Adjacent Square Isothermal Heated Surfaces.- Natural Convective Heat Transfer from Horizontal Two-Sided Circular Plates.- Effect of a Parallel Adiabatic Covering Surface on the Natural Convective Heat Transfer from Horizontal Upward Facing Heated Surfaces.

O autorze

Dr. Patrick Oosthuizen is Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada. He received B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and an M.A.Sc. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Toronto. After teaching for several years at the University of Cape Town, Dr. Oosthuizen joined the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Queen’s University in Canada.

Dr. Abdulrahim Kalendar is Associate Professor at the College of Technological Studies, Kuwait in the Mechanical Power and Refrigeration Department where he has worked since 1999. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Kuwait University in 1998, obtained his M.Sc. degree from the University of Colorado at Denver, USA in 2002 and his Ph.D. degree from Queen’s University, Canada in 2011.