Table of Contents

1 Introduction and Basic Concepts

2 Heat Conduction Equation

3 Steady Heat Conduction

4 Transient Heat Conduction

5 Numerical Methods in Heat Conduction

6 Fundamentals of Convection

7 External Forced Convection

8 Internal Forced Convection

9 Natural Convection

10 Boiling and Condensation

11 Heat Exchangers

12 Fundamentals of Radiation

13 Radiation Heat Transfer

14 Mass Transfer

Appendix 1 Property Tables and Charts (SI Units)

Online Chapters

15 Cooling of Electronic Equipment

16 Heating and Cooling of Buildings

About the Author

Yunus A. Çengel is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University. His areas of interest are renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy policies, heat transfer enhancement, and engineering education. He served as the director of the Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) at the University of Nevada, Reno, from 1996 to 2000. He has led teams of engineering students to numerous manufacturing facilities in Northern Nevada and California to perform industrial assessments, and has prepared energy conservation, waste minimization, and productivity enhancement reports for them. He has also served as an advisor for various government organizations and corporations. 


Dr. Çengel is the recipient of several outstanding teacher awards, and he has received the ASEE Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award for excellence in authorship in 1992 and again in 2000. Dr. Çengel is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Nevada, and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).