Heat conduction

Abstract

In this chapter we start the second part of the book, which is devoted to heat and mass transport, by studying the diffusive heat transport, called heat conduction. First, in Sect. 9.1, we introduce some general concepts of heat transport, including the heat transfer coefficient. Then, in Sect. 9.2, heat conduction problems are solved in Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical coordinate. An important application of these concepts is the composite solid, that we considered in the following Sect. 9.3. Finally, in Sect. 9.4, we apply to heat transport the quasi steady state approximation that was studied in Sect. 5.5.