Thermodynamics and heat

This book presents the optimal auxiliary functions method and applies it to various engineering problems and in particular in boundary layer problems.

In this revised and enlarged second edition of an established text Tony Guenault provides a clear and refreshingly readable introduction to statistical physics, an essential component of any first degree in physics.

This book provides a succinct overview of recent progress in characterization of heat carriers describing atomic motion in liquids.

Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed review coverage of progress in the major areas of chemical research.

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In this book, Samohyl and Pekar offer a consistent and general non-equilibrium thermodynamic description for a model of chemically reacting mixtures.

This monograph presents a comprehensive and rigorous new framework for the theoretical description and modelling of enriched continua.

This book will help readers understand thermodynamic properties caused by magnetic fields.

A sound understanding of magnetism, transport theory, spin relaxation mechanisms, and magnetization dynamics is necessary to engage in spintronics research.

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This book discusses enhancing the overall energy performance of building central air-conditioning systems through fault diagnosis and robust control strategies.

All human activities, including mental activities, are governed by physical laws and are essentially thermodynamic processes.

In its fifth extended edition the successful monograph package "e;Multiphase Flow Dynamics"e; contains theory, methods and practical experience for describing complex transient multi-phase processes in arbitrary geometrical configurations, providing a systematic presentation of the theory and practice of numerical multi-phase fluid dynamics.

Entropy for Biologists: An Introduction to Thermodynamics is an introductory book for people in the life sciences who wish to master the concepts of thermal physics without being forced to a degree and rate of symbol manipulation which is foreign to their patterns of thought.

Fractal and Trans-scale Nature of Entropy: Towards a Geometrization of Thermodynamics develops a new vision for entropy in thermodynamics by proposing a new method to geometrize.

Many environmental damages are caused by substances which come into existence as undesired joint outputs in the production of desired goods.

Thermodynamics Kept Simple - A Molecular Approach: What is the Driving Force in the World of Molecules?

Process Heat Transfer is a reference on the design and implementation of industrial heat exchangers.

This book reflects the resurgence of interest in the quantum properties of black holes, culminating most recently in controversial discussions about firewalls.

In six lectures aspects of modern non-equilibrium thermodynamics of discrete systems as well as continuum theoretical concepts are represented.

Seit mehr als 50 Jahren ist der "Stuart/Klages" ein beliebtes Lehrbuch bei Studierenden mit Nebenfach Physik.

This book presents the contents of a CISM Course on waves and instabilities in plasmas.

This book presents a summary of high-pressure phase transitions of minerals and related inorganic compounds.

Thermodynamics is the science that describes the behavior of matter at the macroscopic scale, and how this arises from individual molecules.

Tables for the Energy and Photon Distribution in Equilibrium Radiation Spectra covers a collection of tables used for calculating the energy and photon distribution in equilibrium radiation.

This book explains theoretical and technological aspects of amorphous drug formulations.

Advances in Heat Transfer fills the information gap between regularly scheduled journals and university-level textbooks by providing in-depth review articles that are from a broader scope than in traditional journals or texts.

This book will help readers understand thermodynamic properties caused by magnetic fields.

At the Geneva Superpower Summit in November 1985, Secretary of the former Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Regan agreed to pursue an international effort to develop fusion energy for peaceful purposes.

Owing to efforts and legislative action - initiated above all by the government of the United States - to use cleaner fuels and thus make a contribution towards a better environment, public attention is back again on using methanol in carbu- rettor and diesel engines.

This work sheds new light on fundamental aspects of phase separation in polymer-blend thin films.

Engineering Thermodynamics is a core course for students majoring in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

The material included in this book was first presented in a series of lectures de- livered at the University of Minnesota in June 1983 in connection with the con- ference "e;Thermodynamics and Phase Transitions"e;.

Transport and diffusion processes are central in numerous scientific and technical applications.

This unique book provides a fundamental introduction to all aspects of modern plasma chemistry.

This book is a monograph dedicated to hydrogen metallurgy technology in iron ore reduction in the world (mainly in China), aiming to accelerate the development of hydrogen metallurgy research and promote the low-carbon process in the iron and steel industry.

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Cryogenic engineering (cryogenics) is the production, preservation, and use or application of cold.

Current Topics in Membranes is targeted toward scientists and researchers in biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology, providing the necessary membrane research to assist them in discovering the current state of a particular field and in learning where that field is heading.

Advanced Analytic Control Techniques for Thermal Systems with Heat Exchangers presents the latest research on sophisticated analytic and control techniques specific for Heat Exchangers (HXs) and heat Exchanger Networks (HXNs), such as Stability Analysis, Efficiency of HXs, Fouling Effect, Delay Phenomenon, Robust Control, Algebraic Control, Geometric Control, Optimal Control, Fuzzy Control and Artificial Intelligence techniques.

This book continues the process of systematization of knowledge about convection.

Aufbauend auf die Zusammenstellung relevanter Grundlagen der Thermodynamik und die Darstellung idealisierter Motorprozesse werden aktuelle null-, quasi-, ein- und mehrdimensionale Methoden zur Analyse und Simulation des realen Motorprozesses besprochen, wobei Fragen des Wärmeübergangs, der Verbrennung, der Schadstoffbildung und des Ladungswechsels inklusive Aufladung erörtert werden.

Since the petroleum crisis in the 1970s, a lot of effort to save energy was made in industry, and remarkable achievements have been made.

This comprehensive textbook covers engineering thermodynamics from beginner to advanced level.