This volume discusses the advances in numerical heat transfer modeling by applying high-performance computing resources, striking a balance between generic fundamentals, specific fundamentals, generic applications, and specific applications.

Contents:
Preface; Contributors 1. High Performance Computing for Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer 2. Unstructured Finite Volume Methods for Multi-Mode Heat Transfer 3. Spectral Element Methods for Unsteady Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Complex Geometries: Methodology and Applications 4. Finite-Volume Method for Radiation Heat Transfer 5. Boundary Element Methods for Heat Conduction 6. Molecular Dynamics Method for Microscale Heat Transfer 7. Numerical Methods in Microscale Heat Transfer: Modeling of Phase-Change and Laser Interactions with Materials 8. Current Status of the use of Parrallel Computing in Turbulent Reacting Flows: Computations Involving Sprays, Scalar Monte Carlo Probability Density Function and Unstructured Grids 9. Overview of Current Computational Studies of Heat Transfer in Porous Media and Their Applications-Forced Convection and Multiphase Heat Transfer 10. Overview of Current Computational Studies of Heat Transfer in Porous Material and Their Applications-Natural and Mixed Convection 11. Recent Progress and Some Changes in Thermal Modeling of Electronic Systems; Index