Heat Transfer Virtual Lab for Students and Engineers

Laboratory experiments are a vital part of engineering education,

which historically were considered impractical for distance learning.

This book presents a guide for the practical employment of a heat

transfer virtual lab for students and engineers.

Inside, the authors have detailed this virtual lab which is designed

and can implement a real-time, robust, and scalable software system

that provides easy access to lab equipment anytime and anywhere

over the Internet. They introduce and explain LabVIEW in

easy-to-understand language. LabVIEW is a proprietary software

tool by National Instruments, and can be used to develop fairly

complex instrumentation systems (measurement and control).

Fridman and Mahajan combined Internet capabilities with traditional

laboratory exercises to create an ef cient environment to

carry out interactive, on line lab experiments. Thus, the virtual lab

can be used from a remote location as a part of a distance learning

strategy. With this book, you’ll be capable of executing VIs (Virtual

Instruments) speci cally developed for the experiment in question,

providing you with great ability to control the remote instrument

and to receive and present the desired experimental data.