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Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 8th Edition (2017) - Book Review
Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 8th Edition (2017) - Book Review
Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 8th Edition (2017) - Book Review
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Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 8th Edition (2017) - Book review
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* The review is referred to the 7th edition (2011), but valid to the 8th edition as well.
Synopsis
The fundamental principles of heat transfer were developed for centuries now. Thus, if
we ever get a chance to challenge the very basic laws of this discipline, well, it could be
quite exciting. In the excellent textbook by Bergman et al., this material is delivered with
great detail and patience, while uncompromising the degree of clarity. However, heat
transfer is still a very tricky field, and the deep observations provided in this book give an
opportunity to think it over again. The current review comes across some of the
fundamental concepts, not just in the current textbook, but in the field as general (see for
example notes 2, 3 and 5). The following annotations are definitely not recommended for
the faint-hearted readers.
Review
1. Extended surfaces. Section 3.6.
The fin surface area notation Af is used in a dual meaning. In equation (3.78) and Table
3.5 it is considered as the entire fin surface area, including the fin tip. However, in
equations (3.91-3.92), for the adiabatic tip fin it is only considered as P∙L i.e. the
surface area excluding the tip (As). A possible resolution could be defining Af as “the
surface area of the fin exposed to convection”.
Likewise, the integration in equation (3.78) shall take place over the elemental area
dAf . A possible formulation of could be:
qf h(T T )dA
Af
f h(T T )dA
As
s h L A c (TL T )
In Table 3.5 the rectangular fin surface area is given as Af 2wL wt but in equation
(3.104) the overall fin array surface area is given as At NAf Ab . Thus, if Af
represents the entire single fin surface area (see above), and A b is the entire array
base area, then the area w t is considered twice, once in NAf and once in A b .
A possible resolution of could be the following formulation:
rectangular
A t N P L A b N (2w 2t) L A b
which are argued to be similar for the velocity and temperature fields, leading to
identical nondimensional solutions. However, the first convection term on the left side
T * T *
does not seem similar, as we have u * and not T * . In the hydrodynamic
x * x *
equation, this convection term is non-linear.
A possible explanation for the discrepancy could be that the parameter L, which is
introduced in the normalization (e.g. x*=x/L), does not really affect the local solution
hx.
k
The local heat transfer coefficient scales as h x f where t (x) is the thermal
t (x)
boundary layer thickness which develops from the leading edge (or elsewhere) further
downstream. The thermal boundary layer problem is similar to initial value problems,
where the solution is affected only from the past, but not by the future. Thus, any local
where the right side of the equation represents the net rate of enthalpy outflow (or
advection).
Paragraph 1 in page 525 and equation (8.24) suggests that the enthalpy per unit mass
can be represented as
i cpT .
Note that evaluating the net change in enthalpy is also useful for the derivation of the
energy equation at the differential form [equation (E.4)] as indicated by the advection
terms framed in blue in Figure 1 below.
Finally, the separation of inflow and outflow enthalpy streams while using the specific
heat is also apparent in the solution for problem 7.28, despite the fact that the
advection formulation is first presented in chapter 8.
u u 2u
u v g(T T ) 2
x y y
u
u g(T T )
x
u 02
g(Ts T )
L
Consider a general case of two surfaces, each at a different initial temperature but of
the same material, that are suddenly pressed together (see below). Using the method
of separation of variables, the temperature distribution is obtained as following:
n 2 2 t
a 2( T1 T2 ) 1 na nx
T ( x ,t ) T2 ( T1 T2 )
L
n 1 n
sin
L
e L2
cos
L
T
T1
T2
a
L
x
Which suggests that the interface temperature, T(x=a) is in general time dependent.
q (1 )q d (1 ) q d (1 ) q" d
" " "
1
1
"
1
"
1
"
3
(1 200 2 0.5 200 3) 0.7
q q q 1000