Continuing the heat transfer series, in this video we take a look at conduction and the heat equation. Fourier's law is used to calculate the rate at which heat is transferred through an object ...

When fast-moving atoms or molecules hit slower-moving atoms or molecules and increase their speed, heat is transferred. This process is called conduction. The atoms in the hot spoon are moving faster ...

With another arctic blast hitting Connecticut with bitterly cold temperatures and dangerously-cold wind chills, here is a ...

Heat has not conducted easily through the trapped air to ... Trapped air prevents heat loss by conduction and convection. Radiation is the transfer of heat energy from a region of high temperature ...

That is, unless, you store it in a thermos. Thermoses work by minimizing heat transfer through conduction, convection, and radiation -- the primary methods by which heat escapes from food.

A calculus-based engineering course providing treatment of the fundamental modes of heat transfer. Topics include: steady-state and transient heat conduction in solids; forced and natural convection; ...