Front Cover; Advances in Heat Transfer, Volume 28; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics in the Process of Spray Deposition; I. Introduction; II. The Spray Region; III. The Impact Region; IV. Summary; References; Chapter 2. Heat and Mass Transfer in Pulsed-Laser-Induced Phase Transformations; I. Pulsed Laser Melting; II. Pulsed Laser Sputtering of Metals; III. Computational Modeling of Pulsed Laser Vaporization; IV. Conclusions; Nomenclature; References; Chapter 3. Heat and Mass Transfer in the Extrusion of Non-Newtonian Materials

I. IntroductionII. Material Characterization; III. Single-Screw Extruder; IV. Twin-Screw Extruder; V. Flow in Dies; VI. Combined Heat and Mass Transfer; VII. Additional Considerations; VIII. Conclusions; Nomenclature; IX. References; Chapter 4. Convection Heat and Mass Transfer in Alloy Solidification; I. Introduction; II. Physical Phenomena; III. Mathematical Models; IV. Theoretical Results and Experimental Validation; V. Strategies for Intelligent Process Control; VI. Summary; Nomenclature; References; Chapter 5. Transport Phenomena in Chemical Vapor-Deposition Systems; I. Introduction

II. Transport PhenomenaIII. Governing Equations; IV. Solutions for Selected Reactor Configurations; V. Artificial Neural Network Models for CVD Processes; VI. Concluding Remarks; Nomenclature; References; Index