Design and Optimization of Thermal Systems, Third Edition with MATLAB Applications

Design and Optimization of Thermal Systems, Third Edition: with MATLAB® Applications provides systematic and efficient approaches to the design of thermal systems, which are of interest in a wide range of applications. It presents basic concepts and procedures for conceptual design, problem formulation, modeling, simulation, design evaluation, achieving feasible design, and optimization. Emphasizing modeling and simulation, with experimentation for physical insight and model validation, the third edition covers the areas of material selection, manufacturability, economic aspects, sensitivity, genetic and gradient search methods, knowledge-based design methodology, uncertainty, and other aspects that arise in practical situations. This edition features many new and revised examples and problems from diverse application areas and more extensive coverage of analysis and simulation with MATLAB®.

1. Introduction 2. Basic Considerations in Design 3. Modeling of Thermal Systems 4. Numerical Modeling and Simulation 5. Acceptable Design of a Thermal System: A Synthesis of Different Design Steps 6. Economic Considerations 7. Problem Formulation for Optimization 8. Lagrange Multipliers 9. Search Methods 10. Geometric, Linear, and Dynamic Programming and Other Methods for Optimization 11. Knowledge-Based Design and Additional Considerations

Yogesh Jaluria, MS, PhD, is currently Board of Governors Professor and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick. Jaluria received the 2003 Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the 2002 Max Jakob Memorial Award for eminent achievement in the field of heat transfer from ASME and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).