Selected Papers from the 18th National & 7th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference

摘要

We are pleased to present this special issue of Heat Transfer Engineering, which includes a selection of papers presented at the 18th National & 7th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, held January 4-6, 2006, in Guwahati, India. The conference was jointly sponsored by the Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). ISHMT has been acting as a nodal agency stimulating research by conducting conferences once every two years in different parts of India since its inception in 1971. The National Heat and Mass Transfer Conferences (HMTC) of the Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer are among the most important activities of the ISHMT. In these conferences, many well-known experts from abroad have participated, exchanged technical information, and shared their expertise with Indian researchers. In order to foster greater interaction with researchers from overseas, ISHMT and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) have been jointly organizing this conference since 1994. The 18th National & 7th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, held at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Guwahati, Assam, had a total of 365 papers, including 2 plenary and 17 keynote papers. The conference was co-chaired by S. P. Venkateshan of IIT Madras and Suresh V. Garimella of Purdue University, with Subhash C. Mishra of IIT Guwahati and B. V. S. S. S. Prasad of IIT Madras serving as conference secretaries. About 600 participants from 20 different countries participated in this heat transfer conference.