About The Book:
Type Of file: PDF
File Size: 11.3MB
Pages: 450
Authors: R. Byron Bird, Warren E. Stewart, Edwin N. Lightf oot
Description:
Long regarded as a rather mathematical subject, transport phenomena is most important
for its physical significance. The essence of this subject is the careful and compact
statement of the conservation principles, along with the flux expressions, with emphasis
on the similarities and differences among the three transport processes considered. Often,
specialization to the boundary conditions and the physical properties in a specific problem
can provide useful insight with minimal effort. Nevertheless, the language of transport
phenomena is mathematics, and in this textbook we have assumed familiarity with
ordinary differential equations and elementary vector analysis. We introduce the use of
partial differential equations with sufficient explanation that the interested student can
master the material presented. Numerical techniques are deferred, in spite of their obvious
importance, in order to concentrate on fundamental understanding.
