An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Third Edition: With Applications in Chemical and Mechanical Process Engineering - Brossura

Kay, J. M.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521098807 ISBN 13: 9780521098809

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1975

Riassunto

This 1975 book presents the fundamental ideas of fluid flow, viscosity, heat conduction, diffusion, the energy and momentum principles, and the method of dimensional analysis.

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Descrizione del libro

This 1975 third edition of a 1957 original presents the fundamental ideas of fluid flow, viscosity, heat conduction, diffusion, the energy and momentum principles, and the method of dimensional analysis. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest the wider applications of fluid mechanics and heat transfer.

Contenuti

Preface; List of symbols; Dimensionless ratios; 1. Introduction and definitions; 2. Fluid flow; 3. The energy and momentum equations; 4. Applications of the continuity, energy and momentum equations; 5. Dimensional analysis applied to fluid mechanics; 6. Flow in pipes and channels; 7. Pumps and compressors; 8. Heat conduction and heat transfer; 9. Heat exchangers; 10. Dimensional analysis applied to heat transfer; 11. Heat transfer and skin friction in turbulent flow; 12. Equations of motion for a viscous fluid; 13. Boundary layers; 14. Turbulent flow; 15. Potential flow; 16. Diffusion and mass transfer; 17. The energy equation and heat transfer; 18. Forced convection; 19. Compressible flow in pipes and nozzles; 20. Open-channel flow; 21. Solid particles in fluid flow; 22. Flow through packed beds and fluidized solids; 23. Condensation and evaporation; Appendix 1. Engineer's guide to vector analysis; Appendix 2. Equations of motion for an inviscid fluid; Appendix 3. Vorticity and circulation; Appendix 4. Stress components in a viscous fluid and the equations of motion; Appendix 5. Laminar boundary-layer flow; Appendix 6. Heat transfer with laminar flow in a pipe; Appendix 7. Conversion factors; Examples; Outlines solutions; Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1975
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521098807
• ISBN 13: 9780521098809
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 340
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Avery; https://www.avery.fr/; ; chemin des peupliers 27; Dardilly; Francia