Version history

Version 5.10 (14 August 2020): Ebook
This version corrects known errata and incorporates many edits.

  • Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 6 have been carefully edited to improve clarity and to remove minor errors.
  • The material on heat transfer in turbulent boundary layers has been entirely reworked.
  • Fifteen figures have been fully redrawn and others have been edited.
  • Properties of several fluids in Appendix A have been updated.
  • A solutions manual for the end-of-chapter problems has been assembled, providing worked answers to more than 460 problems.
  • Problems and answers have been reviewed throughout the book. More than two dozen problems have been edited or rewritten and 7 new problems have been added.

The full list of changes is in this pdf file.
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Version 5.00 (17 August 2019): Ebook
17 August release includes a few minor edits made during production of the print edition. This version matches the printed 5th edition. SHA256 Digest:
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14 July release fixes some trivial typos in 10 July release. SHA256 Digest:
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Changes made prior to release of the 5th edition. This list is cumulative and includes the revisions to earlier versions of the book.
Correct equation in Problem 3.38
Extensive edits to Sects. 6.2-6.8.
Add Figs. 6.19, 6.20, and 6.21.
Revise Example 6.10-11.
Edit most Chapter 6 problems; replace prob 6.13; substantially change 6.17, 6.18, 6.29, 6.30.
Add Problems 6.43-6.50.
Revise Sects. 7.1-7.2, extensive edits to Sect. 7.3 including new figure 7.9 and new example 7.5; revise Sects. 7.4-7.6; rewrite Sect. 7.7.
Replace eqns 7.28 and 7.29 with more precise fits; add eqn 7.55 for liquid metals
Edit all Chapter 7 problems; substantially change 7.9 and replace 7.25.
Add problems 7.49, 7.50
Edit Sects. 8.1-8.2, 8-4-8.5; revise and fully reorganize 8.3.
Add problems 8.54-8.57
Replace fig. 8.10.
Edit Sects. 9.1-9.6. Divide 9.6 into 9.6 and 9.7. Edit remaining sections.
Replace fig. 9.12.
Correct fig. 9.14, eqn. 9.36, and eqn. 9.45.
Add problems 9.37 and 9.38.
Edit all sections of Chapter 10.
Replace old Hottel charts with modern data, including four new figures.
Edit all Chapter 10 problems.
Edit Chapter 11: reordered sections to put transport properties last, bring wet-bulb forward. Streamline prose, drop several unnecessary equations. Edit examples, add example 1.4. edit problems.
Replace data for heavy water in Table A.3
Update viscosity and Prandtl number of ammonia in liquid and vapor states (Tables A.3 and A.5)
Table A.4: add T_crit for Hg
Update Table A.7 to 2018 CODATA; update associated numbers in the text.
Minor edits in Appendix A, B, and C
Change details of reference formatting throughout.
Fix typographical issues with delimiters in Chapters 1-11.
Continue recoding in the background.
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Version 2.12 (15 July 2018): Ebook
Edit Fig. 1.9
Redraw Fig. 2.14
Add problems 1.46, 3.43, 4.22, 5.57-5.64, 10.51-10.54
Various minor edits in Chpt. 4, including complete rewrite of fin root depression material.
Various minor edits in Chpt. 5
Review, correct, and edit all Chpt. 4 problems; replaced 4.22; added solutions for several others.
Redraw Figs. 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, and 5.10; edit pgs. 208-218
Redraw Fig. 5.15, edit pgs. 227-228
Redraw Fig. 5.16, minor associated text edits
Review, correct, and edit all Chpt. 5 problems; added solutions for several others.
Switched problems 5.26 and 5.27 to be 5.27 and 5.26 (again)
Replace “heat diffusion equation” by “heat conduction equation”, various places in chpts. 1-5
Edit Section 6.1; restore color to Fig. 6.3
Redraw Fig. 7.6 (Moody diagram), edit pp. 364-365 and assoc. references.
Edit Sec. 9.3 (discussion of q_max on an infinite plate)
Use color version of Fig. 9.23
Edit Sec. 10.2 (discussion of gray body approximation)
Update Fig. 10.25 and associated references
Use color version of Fig. 12.2
Edit text part of Appendix A and Table A.8
Minor edits in other spots, including all reference lists, both indices, and some chapter quotations
Continue recoding in the background.
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Version 2.11 (17 July 2017): Ebook
Extensive recoding of LaTeX macros behind the scenes
Many edits to Chpt. 1, including: Ex. 1.1, Fig. 1.6, Fig. 1.9, Table 1.1, lumped capacity material, radiation intro, Sect 1.5, References, and more.
Review, correct, and edit all Chpt. 1 problems, esp. 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.30; add solutions for several others.
Add problems 1.44, 1.45
Chpt. 2: edit Figs. 2.6, 2.8, 2.9; edit pages 64-66; move contact resistance later in Sect. 2.3; other minor edits.
Review correct and edit all Chpt. 2 problems, esp. 2.2-2.4, 2.21, 2.24, 2.32, 2.36, 2.41; add solutions for several others.
Replaced problem 2.21 (orig. moved to Chpt. 4); add new prob. 2.42 (with shift of numbering on subsequent problems).
Edit Fig. 3.1
Edit Section 3.4
Review, correct, and edit all Chpt. 3 problems, esp. 3.1, 3.3, 3.8; added solutions for several others.
Minor corrections to Section 7.3
Edit problem 7.31
Added external hyperlinks to two dozen biographies
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Version 2.05 (8 January 2017): Ebook
Switched problems 5.26 and 5.27 to be 5.27 and 5.26
Add Problems 6.42 and 7.48
Minor corrections, updates, and changes: pgs. 28, 47, 220, 324, 325, 350, 351, 482, 602, 729, 742
Provide hyperlinks in both indices
Various code changes behind the scenes, accounting for more than 17 years of LaTeX evolution
Adjust table of contents
Preface unintentionally omitted from this version
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Version 2.04 (7 August 2016): Ebook
Revise Fig. 1.15 and pgs. 30, 31
Update Fig. 10.25 to 2015 GISS data
Revise pgs. 582-586, 596.
Minor corrections and changes: pgs. 18, 45, 46, 97, 250, 412, 433, 434, 436, 534, 752, 754, 755
Trivial adjustments of numbers in Example 8.1 (pg. 412)
Adjust distant decimal digits of several physical constants to 2014 CODATA: pgs. 30, 31, 603, 604, 732, 733, 735
Correct accents on Peclet on pgs. 307, 363, 385, 737, 752
Some page breaks have shifted relative to the print edition, including: pp. 69-92, 303-306, 312-315, 325-341, 36-395, 419-430, 539-542, 638-642, 661-663, 664-669.
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Version 2.03 (12 March 2015): Ebook
Minor corrections: pgs. 363, 400
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Version 2.02 (18 June 2012): Ebook
Minor corrections & changes: pgs. 275, 313, 368, 399, 541-542, 594-596, 683
Edit Example 10.1
Add Problem 10.50
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Version 2.01 (22 January 2011): Ebook
Same as Dover paperback
Many figures at higher resolution than for previous ebook versions
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Version 2.0 (17 March 2011): Paperback textbook
Fourth Edition
Published by Dover Publications, Inc.
ISBN Number: 0-486-47931-5
Extensive revisions to text
An errata list for this version only is available here.

Version 1.31 (16 January 2008): Ebook
Same as Version 1.3 paperback book
Reduced file compression for better print resolution
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Version 1.3 (16 January 2008): Paperback textbook
Published by Phlogiston Press
ISBN Number: 0-9713835-3-1
Minor corrections: pgs. 69, 189, 262, 326, 329, 429.
Edit pgs. 66, 78, 79, 81, 723

Version 1.24 (22 January 2006): Ebook
Minor corrections & changes: pgs. 4, 48, 79, 176, 388, 389,
697, 733, 736
Correct answer to Problem 1.10
Correct first equation on pg. 228
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Version 1.23 (2 January 2005): Ebook
Minor corrections & changes: pgs. 10, 67, 123, 124, 128,
137, 181, 368, 392, 417, 576, 577, 579, 584, 723, 726
Edit pgs. 151, 292, 369, 372, 373, 577, 721-722
Edit Examples 7.5, 10.10
Edit Probs. 4.27, 4.29, 10.4, 10.7
Adjust data for glasses (pg. 701)
Correct H20 critical temperature in Table A.4
Update Table A.7 to 2002 CODATA
Add external hyperlinks for some bibliographic items
Add external hyperlinks to EOOI website
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Version 1.22 (5 January 2004): Ebook
Rewrite Sect. 6.3
Edit Sects. 5.6, 7.3, 7.5, 8.4, 11.9
Edit Examples 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 6.4
Replace Fig. 1.19
Edit Probs. 1.27, 1.34, 5.24, 6.41, 11.27, 11.54
Correct some page numbers in citation index
Two dozen minor errors and ambiguities corrected
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Version 1.21 (17 August 2003): Ebook
Same as Version 1.2 paperback book
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Version 1.2 (17 August 2003): Paperback textbook
Published by Phlogiston Press
ISBN Number: 0-9713835-2-9
Replaced Figure 1.4
Higher resolution images used for a dozen other figures
Edit Sects. 6.1, 7.3, 10.6, 11.5, 11.9
Corrected numbers in Example 8.6
Revised data for R12
New problems added in Chapter 11
A dozen minor errors corrected
An errata list for this version only is available
here.

Version 1.12 (19 January 2003): Ebook
Two dozen minor errors corrected
Figures 1.6 and 7.9 revised
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Version 1.11 (6 August 2002): Ebook
Same as v1.1 paperback textbook
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Version 1.1 (6 August 2002): Paperback textbook
Published by Phlogiston Press
ISBN 0-9713835-1-0
Sect. 10.6 rewritten, updated, expanded (solar radiation)
Revise Sects. 11.1-11.4 (mixtures)
Rewrite, reorganize Sects. 11.5-11.9 (mass transfer)
Edit Sects. 2.3, 7.5, 10.4
Revise data for several dielectric solids (Table A.2)
A half dozen new problems added, a few minor corrections made
An errata list for this version only is available here.

Version 1.05 (7 June 2002): Ebook
Revise radiation material in Sect. 1.3
Add radiation material to Sect. 2.3
Add fin resistance to Sect. 4.5
Edit Sect. 9.10
Sects. 10.1-10.5 rewritten, updated, reorganized (radiation exchange)
A half dozen new problems added, a few minor corrections made
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Version 1.04 (4 April 2002): Ebook
A dozen new problems added (Chpt.2-9)
Combine, extensively update Sects. 9.7 and 9.8 (flow boiling)
Update heat pipe material (now Section 9.10)
Revisions to Sects. 2.3, 2.4, 5.4, 9.2, 9.4, 9.6
Revise data for a number of dielectric solids (Table A.2)
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Version 1.03 (14 February 2002): Ebook
Two dozen new problems added (Chpt.2-8)
Revisions to Sects. 2.3, 2.4, 3.4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.6, 6.5, 9.6, 9.7
Revised data for R12, Nickel alloys, Methanol, and a few other substances
Includes a dozen minor corrections
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Version 1.02 (14 December 2001): Ebook
Includes two dozen minor corrections
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Version 1.01 (17 August 2001): Ebook
Includes minor corrections to Example 7.6
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Version 1.00 (16 August 2001): Paperback textbook
Published by Phlogiston Press
An errata list for this version only is here.

Versions 0.11 through 0.21 (17 August 2000 to 27 July 2001): Draft versions (ebook)
Extensive rewriting and updating of the second edition.
Changes too numerous to list.

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