Hot Air Rises and Heat Sinks

by Tony Kordyban, Asme Press

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.

238 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 1998

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honestly one of the best books I've read on engineering in the real world.

[Mohammed Fouly · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a good book for electronic design engineers. It doesn't tell you how "calculate", it just gives you the conceptual awareness with the nature of the electronic components heating problem just to prevent you from making conceptual mistakes.

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though this is basically my job, I did learn a few things and got some tips on what to read next.
Pretty low technical detail, but lots of good concepts if you find yourself swimming over your head in a new job. Quick, easy read

[Carrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious, very easy to read, and helped me understand some difficult concepts

[Shreyas Sampath · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best books I have read. It covers ur basics very well. As a fresh thermal engineer in the electronic cooling industry this book was good refresher.