Heat Transfer

When I used this book Heat transfer was a new subject to me. I had taken a mass transfer class before, and a lot of the principles are similar to mass transfer. I thought the book taught heat transfer very well. The reason i am giving the book 4 stars is because the practice problems and examples are too simple. There are not too many difficult thinking problems.

This is a widely used Mechanical Engineering textbook which I use as a reference manual for my work. I recommend this to anyone who is involved in heat transfer calculations, application, and field troubleshooting of heat exchange equipment in a fluid process.

This book is a winner . Forget about any other substitute . In this detailed text you will find all you want about every ine of the multiple equations about the heat transfer , clearly and powerful illustrated . The level of the problems are gradually increased so when you decide to solve them you will become in a real gladiator in this topic . I recommend it deeply . Since I acquired it I noticed the little difference that makes the great difference . This is a heavyweight text and hardly you will find out another better than this . A must for Chemical , Mechanical and Industrial engineers!

In Holman's (the author) spirit I'll keep this simple. This text (along with Moran/Shapiro's introductory text in thermodynamics) is among the best textbooks met during the course of a civil, aerospace or mechanical enginnering study. The language used constitutes what should be an "industrial standard" for engineering textbooks. It keeps the level of attention peaking by avoiding loose talk and wordy explanations where this is not required. This is (academic) litterature in its truest sense. I own about 50 science/engineering texts within fluid mechanics, solid mechanics/dynamics, mathematics, physics and more. Among these, this book is top three - no small feat.

Holman's book is very good. Despite the minimal errors, his approach is very technical and well constructed. There is extensive coverage of mathematical derivations which make it very versatile for the comprehensive engineering analysis. I recommend it for beginning Heat Transfer students or as a handy reference.