Publisher's Synopsis
The third edition of this textbook is arranged for teaching purposes and follows an organized progression from fundamentals to applications. It has been revised with a stronger emphasis on engineering applications and includes more examples and homework problems for applications in nuclear energy and heat exchanger design.;The authors begin with fundamental concepts, introducing the governing equation of heat conduction as derived from the First law of Thermodynamics. They then move on to solutions for one-dimensional conduction, orthogonal funcitons, Fourier series and transforms, and multi-dimensional problems. Later sections focus on a series of specialized techniques, including integral equations, Laplace transforms, finite difference numerical methods, and variational formulations.;The book is aimed at graduate students and practicing engineers in mechanical engeineering and thermal sciences.
