Engineering thermodynamics

This SpringerBrief presents a recent advancement in modeling and measurement of the effect of surface wettability on the defrost process.

This book serves as a self-contained reference source for engineers, materials scientists, and physicists with an interest in relaxation phenomena.

This book primarily focuses on rigorous mathematical formulation and treatment of static problems arising in continuum mechanics of solids at large or small strains, as well as their various evolutionary variants, including thermodynamics.

This book explains the modelling and simulation of thermal power plants, and introduces readers to the equations needed to model a wide range of industrial energy processes.

This book presents a wide-ranging review of the latest research and development directions in thermal systems optimization using population-based metaheuristic methods.

This book serves as a self-contained reference source for engineers, materials scientists, and physicists with an interest in relaxation phenomena.

This book is an expanded form of the monograph, Dropwise Condensation on Inclined Textured Surfaces, Springer, 2013, published earlier by the authors, wherein a mathematical model for dropwise condensation of pure vapor over inclined textured surfaces was presented, followed by simulations and comparison with experiments.

Ein Fachingenieur erzahlt die volkswirtschaftlich bedeutsame Entwicklungsgeschichte der stromerzeugenden Kraftwerks-Gasturbine, ausgehend von Erfindungen und systematischen Entwicklungen einer der ehemals fuhrenden Weltfirmen auf diesem Gebiet uber einen Zeitraum von inzwischen mehr als 100 Jahren.

This book is about theories and applications of thermosyphons and heat pipes.

Interfacial phenomena play a crucial role in various industrial processes and daily operations.

Interfacial phenomena play a crucial role in various industrial processes and daily operations.

This book presents select proceedings of the fourth International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering Research and Development (ICRAMERD 2023).

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Industrial and Systems Engineering (RAISE 2023).

This book is a basic textbook of comprehensive thermal science and energy utilization technologies, which is divided into two parts: Engineering Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer.

Power generation from environmentally friendly sources has led to surging interest in thermoelectrics.

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

This book covers the experimental and theoretical study of convection in non-isothermal ferro-nanofluids (FNFs).

The current book, Advanced Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer is based on author's four decades of industrial and academic research in the area of thermofluid sciences including fluid mechanics, aero-thermodynamics, heat transfer and their applications to engineering systems.

During heat treatment in dairy production, the rapid formation of heat-induced fouling deposits on the plant surface leads to reduced efficiency of heat transfer.

The book contains research results obtained by applying Bejan's Constructal Theory to the study and therefore the optimization of fins, focusing on T-shaped and Y-shaped ones.

Energy is a basic human need; technologies for energy conversion and use are fundamental to human survival.

This book explores the prospective applications of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) in energy storage systems, thermal system temperature control, peak shifting, and energy management.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection.

This book explores the prospective applications of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) in energy storage systems, thermal system temperature control, peak shifting, and energy management.

Successfully Estimate the Thermal and Mechanical Characteristics of Electronics SystemsA definitive guide for practitioners new to the field or requiring a refresher course, Practical Guide to the Packaging of Electronics: Thermal and Mechanical Design and Analysis, Third Edition provides an understanding of system failures and helps identify the areas where they can occur.

This book elucidates the important role of conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer, mass transport in solids and fluids, and internal and external fluid flow in the behavior of materials processes.

In this concise yet comprehensive book, the author discusses the principles of mass, momentum, and energy transport, and derives balance equations for single-component fluids and multicomponent mixtures based on the direct application of natural laws and principles of thermodynamics.

In this concise yet comprehensive book, the author discusses the principles of mass, momentum, and energy transport, and derives balance equations for single-component fluids and multicomponent mixtures based on the direct application of natural laws and principles of thermodynamics.

This SpringerBrief equips readers to develop defensible fire safety designs for a range of concrete structures.

This brief addresses the contextual definition of resilience, explains the existing resiliency frameworks developed by Federal Agencies, and emphasizes the risk informed approach to applying resiliency concepts to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) documents.

This volume in the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Second edition, provides a comprehensive overview of complementary strategies for dealing with waste in and around urban areas: Waste-to-energy power plants (WTEs) and recycling.

This comprehensive reference is a state-of-the-art survey of biomass as an energy carrier for the provision of heat, electricity, and transportation fuel, considering technical, economic, environmental, and social aspects.

This SpringerBrief offers careful assessments of the appropriateness and effectiveness of currently available methodologies for fire flow.

The book provides a systematic view on flammability and a collection of solved engineering problems in the fields of dilution and purge, mine gas safety, clean burning safety and gas suppression modeling.

This book is a comprehensive guide to both the fundamentals of thermal sensors and their advanced functions.

Revised and significantly expanded, the fifth edition of this classic work offers both new and substantially updated information.

This book presents the fundamental fluid flow and heat transfer principles occurring in oscillating heat pipes and also provides updated developments and recent innovations in research and applications of heat pipes.

Analog and Power Wafer Level Chip Scale Packaging presents a state-of-art and in-depth overview in analog and power WLCSP design, material characterization, reliability and modeling.

The third edition of Engineering Flow and Heat Exchange is the most practical textbook available on the design of heat transfer and equipment.

If a Writer would know how to behave himself with relation to Posterity; let him consider in old Books, what he finds, that he is glad to know; and what Omissions he most laments.

The first GaN and Related Materials covered topics such as a historical survey of past research, optical electrical and microstructural characterization, theory of defects, bulk crystal growth, and performance of electronic and photonic devices.

This reference presents the classical perspectives that form the basis of heat treatment processes while incorporating descriptions of the latest advances to impact this enduring technology.

This encyclopedic volume covers almost every phase of piping design - presenting procedures in a straightforward way.

Offers coverage of design, engineering, chemical resistance, costs, standards, codes and specifications.

Number ten of the Manufacturing Engineering and Material Processing series.

Written by eminent researchers in the field, this text describes the theory of superconductivity and superfluidity starting from liquid helium and a charged Bose-gas.

Nanofluids are gaining the attention of scientists and researchers around the world.

This introductory text presents the applications of the finite element method to the analysis of conduction and convection problems.

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