Hot Air Rises and Heat Sinks: Everything You Know about Cooling Electronics is Wrong - Softcover

Kordyban, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791800741 ISBN 13: 9780791800744

Publisher: Amer Soc of Mechanical Engineers, 1998

Synopsis

Hot Air Rises and Heat Sinks: Everything You Know About Cooling Electronics Is Wrong is a collection of myths, mistakes, and "lessons learned" from practicing engineers involved in the field of electronic equipment cooling. Through anecdotes and stories based on his experiences at Tellabs Operations, Inc. Tony Kordyban covers basic dimensions of heat transfer concepts-mostly from real problems which were incorrectly solved at least once before a correct technique was applied. The book's 31 chapters, each on an important and relevant topic, contain simple line drawings to help illustrate the basic concepts, while the text provides accurate and complete technical explanations. The book's case study approach makes it an extremely useful and handy reference-and Kordyban's clear and entertaining writing style mixes technical subject matter with humor and is both interesting and instructive. Tony Kordyban is a thermal analysis specialist at Tellabs Operations, Inc., a billion dollar developer and supplier of telecommunications equipment. He has also worked in electronic packaging design and thermal analysis at Sola Electric and at Bell Labs.

About this title

From the Author

Seriously, it's a funny technical book.
When I was about 13 years old, I sat in on a college Fluid Dynamics class that my dad was teaching. He was sketching on the chalkboard and scribbling equations, describing how a siphon works. Then he turned to the class and asked, "OK, now tell me why you can't siphon boiling water."

The class looked at each other sheepishly, not responding.

"Because you'll burn your lips!" my dad chuckled.

Since that day I have never forgotten how I siphon works. (By the way, you can't siphon boiling water because the pressure in the tube at the highest point is below atmospheric, which allows the boiling water to flash into steam, which breaks the siphon like an air bubble. Don't try this at home! You'll burn your lips.)

The point is that the humor helped me learn the lesson. That is what I have tried to do in my book "Hot Air Rises and Heat Sinks." Part of my job is teaching heat transfer ideas to Electrical Engineers, who are not at all interested in the subject. So instead of a dry textbook, I have written a series of semi-fictional stories, that tell about various blunders and misconceptions that people have committed while trying to keep electronics cool.

It's technical, but it's funny. My mother-in-law, who is not an engineer, enjoyed reading it. "I think I even understand the temperature stuff, too," is her ringing endorsement. And if you do work in the world of electronics, here is your chance to have fun reading a book during work hours.

Synopsis

A collection of myths, mistakes, and anecdotal lessons from practicing engineers involved in the field of electronic equipment cooling. The author's approach is to provide 31 case studies, each of which teaches a lesson. Topics include thermal conductivity, natural vs. forced convection, junction temperature operating limits, fans, thermocouples, t

Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Soc of Mechanical Engineers
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791800741
• ISBN 13: 9780791800744
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240