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Hans U. Fuchs: The Dynamics of Heat – A Unified Approach to
Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, 2nd Edition. Springer, New York, 2010.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
	Front Matter		pdf
	Introduction. From Metaphors to Models of Heat		pdf
Part I.	Processes, Energy, and Dynamical Models
	1	Storage and Flow of Fluids and Electricity
	2	Energy in Physical Processes	pdf
	3	Transport and Balance of Momentum
Part II.	Thermal and Chemical Processes
	4	Storage, Flow, and Production of Heat	pdf
	5	The Response of Simple Materials to Heat	pdf
	6	Transformation and Transport of Substances	pdf
	7	The Transport of Heat	pdf
	8	Flow Systems: Substances and Heat
	9	Minimization of Entropy Production
Part III.	A Dynamical Theory of Heat
	10	Thermodynamics of Spatially Uniform Systems
	11	Thermodynamics of Continuous Systems	pdf
	12	Thermodynamics and Radiative Transfer
Part IV.	Special Processes and Systems
	13	Conduction and Coupled Transports
	14	Convective Heat Transfer	pdf
	15	Phase Change, Mixtures, and Engines	pdf
	16	Solar Radiation
Appendix		List of Tables, List of Symbols, Glossary, Answers to Questions, Some Solutions to End of Chapter Problems, References, Index

The 2nd Edition…

…is a major revision of The Dynamics of Heat published in 1996 with Springer in New York. The new edition features

·	more and smaller chapters
·	materials for different levels: Parts I and II form an introductory course while Parts III and IV serve as foundations of an advanced course
·	many system dynamics models of experiments with real data
·	simple treatment of thermo-electric processes, including a proof of the Onsager reciprocity relation based on macroscopic models
·	review questions in the text with answers in the Appendix
·	many end of chapter problems
·	700 pages, 300 figures and tables

Home > Publishing > The Dynamics of Heat, 2nd Edition

Hans U. Fuchs: The Dynamics of Heat – A Unified Approach to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, 2nd Edition. Springer, New York, 2010.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Front Matter

Introduction. From Metaphors to Models of Heat

Part I.

Processes, Energy, and Dynamical Models

1

Storage and Flow of Fluids and Electricity

2

Energy in Physical Processes

3

Transport and Balance of Momentum

Part II.

Thermal and Chemical Processes

4

Storage, Flow, and Production of Heat

5

The Response of Simple Materials to Heat

6

Transformation and Transport of Substances

7

The Transport of Heat

8

Flow Systems: Substances and Heat

9

Minimization of Entropy Production

Part III.

A Dynamical Theory of Heat

10

Thermodynamics of Spatially Uniform Systems

11

Thermodynamics of Continuous Systems

12

Thermodynamics and Radiative Transfer

Part IV.

Special Processes and Systems

13

Conduction and Coupled Transports

14

Convective Heat Transfer

15

Phase Change, Mixtures, and Engines

16

Solar Radiation

Appendix

List of Tables, List of Symbols, Glossary, Answers to Questions, Some Solutions to End of Chapter Problems, References, Index

The 2nd Edition…

…is a major revision of The Dynamics of Heat published in 1996 with Springer in New York. The new edition features

·

more and smaller chapters

·

materials for different levels: Parts I and II form an introductory course while Parts III and IV serve as foundations of an advanced course

·

many system dynamics models of experiments with real data

·

simple treatment of thermo-electric processes, including a proof of the Onsager reciprocity relation based on macroscopic models

·

review questions in the text with answers in the Appendix

·

many end of chapter problems

·

700 pages, 300 figures and tables

Hans U. Fuchs: The Dynamics of Heat – A Unified Approach to
Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, 2nd Edition. Springer, New York, 2010.