Natural Convective Heat Transfer from Horizontal and Near Horizontal Surfaces

• Main Authors: Oosthuizen, Patrick H. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kalendar, Abdulrahim Y. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Thermal Engineering and Applied Science,
• Subjects: Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Fluid mechanics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

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. The aim is to provide the...

Table of Contents:

• 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.