Basic Statements and Equations of Free Convection -- Free Convection on a Plane -- Free Convection on Curved Surfaces -- Natural Convection in Enclosures -- Free Convection in Tubes and Channels, on Ribbed Surfaces and in Tube Bundles -- Nonstationary Processes of Free Convection -- Heat Transfer by Mixed Convection -- Heat Transfer in Media with Special Properties.Free Convective Heat Transfer is a thorough survey of various kinds of free-convective flows and heat transfer. Reference data are accompanied by a large number of photographs originating from different optical visualization methods illustrating the different types of flow. The formulas derived from numerical and analytical investigations are valuable tools for engineering calculations. They are written in their most compact and general form in order to allow for an extensive range of different variants of boundary and initial conditions, which, in turn, leads to a wide applicability to different flow types. Some specific engineering problems are solved in the book as exemplary applications of these formulas.