Engineering: Mechanics of fluids

Since their first introduction in natural sciences through the work of Einstein on Brownian motion in 1905 and further works, in particular by Langevin, Smoluchowski and others, stochastic processes have been used in several areas of science and technology.

This book describes the importance of heat transfer in heat exchangers, and fluids properties play a vital role to increase heat transfer rate translating the size of the equipment and cuts in the capital and running cost in the long term.

This book collects the edited and reviewed contribution presented in the 10th iTi conference in Bertinoro, covering fundamental and applied aspects in turbulence.

This book details science of hypersonics especially focusing on propulsion aspects such as supersonic combustion ramjets and their applications, and also includes lift and drag in hypersonic flight and their mathematical and physical explanation.

The IMACS-COST conference on "e;Computational Fluid Dynamics, Three-Dimensional Complex Flows"e; was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, September 13 - 15, 1995.

This proceedings highlights the applications of the newly introduced physical quantity Liutex in hydrodynamics and aerodynamics.

This volume contains recent research papers presented at the international workshop on "e;Probabilistic Methods in Fluids"e; held in Swansea.

Fluid mechanical aspects of separated and vortical flow in aircraft wing aerodynamics are treated.

Physical Fluid Dynamics is a textbook for students of physics that reflects the origins and the future development of fluid dynamics.

The ultrasonic velocity profile (UVP) method, first developed in medical engineering, is now widely used in clinical settings.

This thesis presents pioneering experimental and numerical studies on three aspects of the combustion characteristics of lean premixed syngas/air flames, namely the laminar flame speed, extinction limit and flammability limit.

How and why does sail boat performance depend on the configuration and trim of boat and sails?

Designed for continuum mechanics courses and features both the theoretical framework and numerical methods required to model continuous material behaviour.

This book presents a unified treatment of the mechanics of mixtures of several constituents within the context of continuum mechanics.

This book contains a thorough and unique record of recent advances in the important scientific fields fluid-structure interaction, acoustics and control of priority interest in the academic community and also in an industrial context regarding new engineering designs.

Das Lehrbuch über die Numerische Strömungsmechanik behandelt ergänzend zu den Grundlagenwerken der Strömungsmechanik die praktische Anwendung numerischer Methoden in Industrieprojekten.

Thermal convection is often encountered by scientists and engineers while designing or analyzing flows involving exchange of energy.

A concise account of classic theories of fluids and solids, for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in continuum mechanics.

When classifying fracturing fluids and their additives, it is important that production, operation, and completion engineers understand which chemical should be utilized in different well environments.

An extensive critical compilation of the wide range of manufacturing processes that involve the application of spray technology, this book covers design of atomizers as well as the performance of plant and their corresponding spray systems.

This book discusses the dynamical and rheological properties of high molecular weight entangled polymer melts, commonly known as viscoelastic subdiffusive fluids.

Thermodiffusion in Multicomponent Mixtures presents the computational approaches that are employed in the study of thermodiffusion in various types of mixtures, namely, hydrocarbons, polymers, water-alcohol, molten metals, and so forth.

In Deutschland ist die Automobilindustrie nach wie vor einer der wichtigsten Wirtschaftszweige.

This book considers the kinematics and dynamics of the flows of fluids exhibiting a yield stress.

A complete guide to fluid mechanics for engineers-fully updated for current standardsThis thoroughly revised, classic guide clearly explains the principles and applications of fluid mechanics and hydraulics in a straightforward manner, without using complicated mathematics.

This book builds inviscid flow analysis from an undergraduate-level treatment of potential flow to the level required for research.

The book may be viewed as an introduction to time-harmonic waves in dissipative bodies, notably viscoelastic solids and fluids.

The ninth edition of Thermodynamics and Heat Power contains a revised sequence of thermodynamics concepts including physical properties, processes, and energy systems, to enable the attainment of learning outcomes by Engineering and Engineering Technology students taking an introductory course in thermodynamics.

This book gathers ten thermofluid dynamics problems involving the use of analytical solutions.

This book presents the diverse and rapidly expanding field of Entropy Generation Minimization (EGM), the method of thermodynamic optimization of real devices.

Hydronamics of Explosion presents the research results for the problems of underwater explosions and contains a detailed analysis of the structure and the parameters of the wave fields generated by explosions of cord and spiral charges, a description of the formation mechanisms for a wide range of cumulative flows at underwater explosions near the free surface, and the relevant mathematical models.

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This book presents experimental and numerical findings on reducing shock-induced separation by applying transition upstream the shock wave.

Understanding the causes and effects of explosions is important to experts in a broad range of disciplines, including the military, industrial and environmental research, aeronautic engineering, and applied mathematics.

This book focuses on the analysis of manufacturing processes and the integration of this analysis into the design cycle.

This book highlights recent research advances in the area of turbulent flows from both industry and academia for applications in the area of Aerospace and Mechanical engineering.

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies the flow motion in a discretized space.

This book discusses recent trends and developments in the microbial conversion process, which serves as an important route for biofuel production, with particular attention to bioreactors.

This book provides essential information on and case studies in the fields of energy technology, clean energy, energy efficiency, sustainability and the environment relevant to academics, researchers, practicing engineers, technologists and students.

This book highlights by careful documentation of developments what led to tracking the growth of deterministic disturbances inside the shear layer from receptivity to fully developed turbulent flow stages.

Schlieren and shadowgraph techniques are basic and valuable tools in various scientific and engineering disciplines.

This book offers timely insights into research on numerical and experimental fluid mechanics and aerodynamics, mainly for (but not limited to) aerospace applications.

This revised text covers the fundamentals of thermodynamics required to understand electrical power generation systems and the application of these principles to nuclear reactor power plant systems.