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Introduction

Classical thermodynamics, heat transfer: study of the flow of heat through matter, including phase change and combustion. Historically, the source of Fourier series.

History

Applications and related fields

For thermodynamics of solids, See 73B30.

Subfields

• 80A: Thermodynamics and heat transfer
• 80M: Basic methods [new in 2000]

This is among the smaller areas in the Math Reviews database.

Browse all (old) classifications for this area at the AMS.

Textbooks, reference works, and tutorials

Lieb, Elliott H.; Yngvason, Jakob: "A guide to entropy and the second law of thermodynamics", Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (1998), no. 5, 571--581. MR99c:80002 original article

Software and tables

nekton - fluid flow and heat transfer

Software development

Finite Element Heat and Mass Transfer Code

Other web sites with this focus

• CPED Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Group
• Heat Transfer, Thermal Analysis, Thermal Products
• Inverse Problems pages
• Here are the AMS and Goettingen resource pages for area 80.
• The Net Advance of Physics

Selected topics at this site

• Illustration of a modelling project: what to consider in the cooling of a cup of water.
• What's the formula for windchill?
• The formula used to determine wind chill.
• Some data for modelling the heating of a house