Description

The book addresses to the needs of students and teachers of mechanical and chemical engineering as well as practicing engineers. Provides relevant property data in easily readable alphabetical form at different temperatures for: Metals and alloys, liquids and gases of engineering interest Building and insulating materials Pure elements Heat transfer correlations in easily readable form with notations side by side for: Conduction both steady and unsteady state Both forced and natural Convection under various flow configurations Radiation for various geometrical configurations. Radiation data for surfaces and solar radiation Heat exchangers of various configurations including storage type and finned type Mass transfer data for various combination of diffusing elements. Property data for several heat pipe materials at various temperatures. Transport property data for steam at various temperatures and pressures. Transport property data for four common refrigerants at various temperatures. Provision of charts when the equations involved are long and complex. Multicolour edition enhances clarity and readability.