Fundamentals of the Finite Element Method for Heat and Fluid Flow

Roland W. Lewis, Perumal Nithiarasu

340 pages, parution le 27/04/2004

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Résumé

Heat transfer is the area of engineering science which describes the energy transport between material bodies due to a difference in temperature. The three different modes of heat transport are conduction, convection and radiation. In most problems, these three modes exist simultaneously. However, the significance of these modes depends on the problems studied and often, insignificant modes are neglected.

Very often books published on Computational Fluid Dynamics using the Finite Element Method give very little or no significance to thermal or heat transfer problems. From the research point of view, it is important to explain the handling of various types of heat transfer problems with different types of complex boundary conditions. Problems with slow fluid motion and heat transfer can be difficult problems to handle. Therefore, the complexity of combined fluid flow and heat transfer problems should not be underestimated and should be dealt with carefully.

This book:

Is ideal for teaching senior undergraduates the fundamentals of how to use the Finite Element Method to solve heat transfer and fluid dynamics problems
Explains how to solve various heat transfer problems with different types of boundary conditions
Uses recent computational methods and codes to handle complex fluid motion and heat transfer problems
Includes a large number of examples and exercises on heat transfer problems

In an era of parallel computing, computational efficiency and easy to handle codes play a major part. Bearing all these points in mind, the topics covered on combined flow and heat transfer in this book will be an asset for practising engineers and postgraduate students. Other topics of interest for the heat transfer community, such as heat exchangers and radiation heat transfer, are also included.

L'auteur - Roland W. Lewis

University of Wales Swansea, UK

Sommaire

Introduction
Some Basic Discrete Systems
The Finite Element Method
Steady State Heat Conduction in One Dimension
Steady State Heat Conduction in Multi-dimensions
Transient Heat Conduction Analysis
Convection Heat Transfer
Convection in Porous Media
Some Examples of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Problems
Implementation of Computer Code

A Green's Lemma
B Integration Formulae
C Finite Element Assembly Procedure
D Simplified Form of the Navier–Stokes Equations

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Roland W. Lewis, Perumal Nithiarasu
Parution	27/04/2004
Nb. de pages	340
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Broché
Poids	680g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780470847893