Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow  (English, Hardcover, Patankar Suhas)

Developed primarily for the students of engineering, Numerical Heat Transfer And Fluid Flow investigates the phenomena of mass transfer and heat along with related processes that exist in engineering equipment, the environment, and in living organisms.

Summary Of The Book

Numerical Heat Transfer And Fluid Flow primarily uses elementary calculus and simple algebra in exploring and developing numerical procedures to predict the behavior of various processes. This is mainly based on physical considerations. The approach is tailored to help augment a deeper understanding of all the crucial aspects of heat transfer and fluid flow. The exercises explored through the text are specifically aimed at improving the ability to analyze and interpret the data and the final computed results.

The book is divided into nine chapters that follow the entire paraphernalia surrounding the processes and the features of heat transfer and fluid flow with a mathematical focus in mind. The first chapter is the Introduction and from then on the book moves on to a Mathematical Description of Physical Phenomena. These chapters include topics like Chemical Reactions, Mass Transfer, Heat and Fluid Flow among other processes.

In the next chapter, the author develops discretization methods and then explores Heat Conduction. The fifth chapter then looks at the processes of Convection and Diffusion. He then moves on to Calculating Flow Field and all of this converges to the seventh chapter titled Finishing Touches.

Hereafter, Patankar explores the special topics that involve Numerical Heat Transfer And Fluid Flow and then finally closes the discussion of content intimate to the matter by allowing for a complete chapter on Illustrative Applications. The book closes with the Nomenclature that is used through the book and then the author presents all the references and an index.

This book has been developed as part of the series on computational methods in mechanics and thermal science. The book was published in 1980 and was considered a seminal contribution to computational fluid dynamics.

About Suhas V. Patankar

Suhas V. Patankar is an Indian born American Mechanical Engineer. His other books include Mathematical Tables for Engineers and Scientists, Elements Of Fluid Mechanics, Calculation Of Compressible Turbulent Boundary Layer On A Flat Plate and A Computer Model For Three-Dimensional Flow In Furnaces.

Patankar was born in 1941 in Pune. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune after which he received his Master’s degree from IIT Bombay. He finished his Ph.D. from Imperial College, University of London. He became a pioneer in computational fluid dynamics for which he contributed in devising the SIMPLE algorithm. He is currently an Emeritus Professor at the University of Minnesota.