Advances in Heat Transfer

Chapter One. Heat and Mass Transfer in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Important Manufacturing and Materials Processing Techniques
• 3. Basic Considerations
• 4. Additional Transport Mechanisms and Considerations in Materials Processing
• 5. Modeling, Simulation, and Experimentation
• 6. Typical Results for a Few Important Processes
• 7. Multiscale Simulation
• 8. Inverse Problem and Process Feasibility
• 9. Design and Optimization
• 10. Conclusions and Future Research Needs

Chapter Two. A Critical Synthesis of Graphene Thermal Properties and Its Applications

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Intrinsic Thermal Conductivity of Graphene
• 3. Experimental Methods of Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Graphene
• 4. Conclusions

Chapter Three. Evaporation on a Planar Interface – Numerical Simulation and Theoretical Analysis of Heat and Mass Transport Processes

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Literature Review on Validation Techniques in Simulations of Boiling
• 3. Numerical Methods on Stefan Problems
• 4. Theoretical Analysis of Interfacial Evaporation on a Planar Surface
• 5. Comparative Results

Chapter Four. Parameter Estimation: A Five-Decade Trek From Magnetohydrodynamic-Free Convection to Bayesian Inference

• Part I: Why did I Become an Engineer and a Professor?
• 1. College Years and Mechanical Engineering
• 2. PhD Studies
• 3. Off to Be a Faculty Member
• 4. The Chronology of a Fortunate Faculty Member
• 5. The Gentle Awakening
• Part II: Parameter Estimation
• 6. Stochastic Effects, Parameter Estimation, and Inverse Problems
• 7. Estimation
• 8. Information
• 9. Bayesian Estimation
• 10. Model Discrepancy and the Kalman Filter
• 11. False Interpretation of Results of Estimation
• 12. The Happy Current Situation

Chapter Five. External Natural Convective Heat Transfer From Bodies Having a Wavy Surface for Conditions Under Which Laminar, Transitional, and Turbulent Flow Can Exist

• 1. Introduction
• 2. A Review of Past Work
• 3. The Present Article
• 4. Natural Convection From Horizontal Wavy Surfaces
• 5. Natural Convection From Vertical Wavy Surfaces
• 6. Natural Convection From Inclined Wavy Surfaces
• 7. Natural Convection From Cylindrical Wavy Surfaces
• 8. Conclusions
• 9. Future Work