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Advanced Computational Methods and Experiments in Heat Transfer X (Wit Transactions on Engineering Sciences)
Advanced Computational Methods and Experiments in Heat Transfer X - Wit Transactions on Engineering Sciences Author:B. Sunden, U. Mander, C. A. (editors) Brebbia This book contains the edited versions of most of the papers presented at the Eleventh International Conference on Advanced Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements in Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer held in Tallinn, Estonia in 2010. The conference series provides a forum for presentation and discussion of innovative research, new app... more »roaches and application of advanced computational methods and experimental measurements to heat and mass transfer problems. Research and development in computational methods for solving and understanding heat transfer problems continue to be important because heat transfer topics are often of a complex nature and more than one mechanism (such as heat conduction, convection, turbulence, thermal radiation and phase change) may occur simultaneously. Typically, applications are found in heat exchangers, gas turbine cooling, turbulent combustion and fires, fuel cells, micro- and minichannels, electronics cooling, melting and solidification etc.. In engineering design and development, reliable and accurate computational methods are needed to replace or complement expensive and time-consuming experimental trial and error work. While heat transfer might be regarded as an established and mature scientific discipline, it continues to play a major role in new emerging areas, such as sustainable development and reduction of greenhouse gases, micro- and nano-scale structures, and bio-engineering. Tremendous advances have been achieved during recent years due to improved numerical solutions of non-linear partial differential equations, turbulence modeling, and higher-performance computers capable of more efficient and rapid calculations. Nevertheless, further progress in computational methods will require developments in theoretical and predictive procedures - both basic and innovative - and in applied research. Accurate experimental investigations are needed in order to validate the numerical calculations.« less