Advances in Heat Transfer

Chapter One. Modeling of Multiscale Heat Transfer Systems Using Volume Averaging Theory

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Theoretical Fundamentals
• 3. Applications
• 4. Concluding Remarks

Chapter Two. Nucleate Pool Boiling under Reduced Gravity Conditions—Role of Numerical Simulations

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Pool Nucleate Boiling
• 3. Results of Bubble Dynamics
• 4. Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer
• 5. Conclusions

Chapter Three. Friction and Heat Transfer in Liquid and Gas Flows in Micro- and Nanochannels

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Characteristic Lengths and Geometry
• 3. Regular Polygonal Microchannels
• 4. Elliptical Microchannels
• 5. Rectangular Microchannels
• 6. Rectangular Microchannels with Circular and Segment Ends
• 7. Circular Segment Microchannels
• 8. Circular Sector Microchannels
• 9. Rhombic Microchannels
• 10. Right Triangular Microchannels
• 11. Isosceles Triangular Microchannels
• 12. Scalene Triangular Microchannels
• 13. Isosceles Trapezoidal Microchannels
• 14. Concentric Circular Annular Microchannels
• 15. Central Regular Polygonal Cores in Circular Microducts
• 16. Central Circular Core in Polygonal Microducts
• 17. Rarefied Gas Flows in Circular and Noncircular Microchannels
• 18. Closure

Chapter Four. A Personal View of 50 Years of Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer Research

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Radiation Research
• 3. Future Research Areas
• 4. Final Comments

Chapter Five. Therapeutic Recruitment of Thermoregulation in Humans by Selective Thermal Stimulation along the Spine

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Glabrous Skin Heat Transfer
• 3. Glabrous Skin as a Physiological Compact Heat Exchanger
• 4. Prior Studies of STS in Nonhuman Mammalian and Avian Species
• 5. STS Studies in Humans
• 6. STS Devices to Regulate Human Body Core Temperature Effectively
• 7. Computer Simulation of the Influence of STS on Thermoregulation
• 8. Conclusions
• Conflict of Interest Statement

Chapter Six. Evolution of Thermal Dosimetry for Application of Hyperthermia to Treat Cancer

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Importance of Thermal Dosimetry for Hyperthermia and Thermal Ablation
• 3. Randomized Phase III Trial Results