Engineering: Mechanics of fluids Books

Chemical reaction systems of practical interest are usually very complex: They consist of a large number of elementary reactions (hundreds or thou­ sands in a small system), mostly with rate coefficients differing by many...

Since 1964 the main function of the European Mechanics Committee has been to arrange Euromech Colloquia. These are three- or four-day meetings for the discussion of current research on a specified and relatively narrow topic in...

It was on a proposal of the late Professor Maurice Roy, member of the French Academy of Sciences, that in 1982, the General Assembly of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics decided to sponsor a symposium...

The present volume entitled "Perspectives in Turbulence Stud­ ies" is dedicated to Dr. Ing. E. h. Julius C. Rotta in honour of his 75th birthday. J. C. Rotta, born on January 1, 1912, started his outstanding career in an...

This book provides an introduction to theories of fluids with microstruc­ ture, a subject that is still evolving, and information on which is mainly available in technical journals. Several approaches to such theories, employ­...

Both of the authors of this book are disciples and collaborators of the Brussels school of thermodynamics. Their particular domain of competence is the application of numerical methods to the many highly nonlinear problems...

Smol'yakov and Tkachenko's book is a very thorough and detailed survey of the response of hot wires and related trans­ ducers to a fluctuating flow field. Now that the electronic equipment needed for hot-wire anemometry is so...

The present volume entitled "Recent Contributions to Fluid Mechanics" is dedicated to Professor Dr.-Ing. Alfred Walz in honour of his 75th birthday. Alfred Walz, born on 11 May 1907, began his outstanding career as an ...

The Symposium on structure of Complex turbulent shear flows was proposed by the "Comite National Fran

It was on a proposal from the "Comite National Fran

The first Symposium Transsonicum took pl.ace in Aachen thirteen years ago during a period of decreasing governmental. and industrial. support for transonic flow research. Since then, there has been a strong revival. in interest...

This volume consists of edited papers presented at the International Symposion Gas Phase Chemical Reaction Systems: Experiments and Models 100 Years After Max Bodenslein, held at the Internationales Wissenschaftsforum ...

This volume comprises a selection of the best papers presented at the Seventh Interna­ tional Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics held at The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, during the...

The International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) decided in 1992 to sponsor the fourth Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Sendai/Japan, 1994. The objectives of the present Symposium were to deepen...

WAVE TURBULENCE is a state of a system of many simultaneously excited and interacting waves characterized by an energy distribution which is not in any sense close to thermodynamic equilibrium. Such situations in a choppy sea,...

We are extremely grateful to Springer-Verlag and to Prof. Dr. W. BeiglbOck for bring­ ing out the English edition of our book. We are also thankful to Dr. R. S. Wadhwa for a qualified translation. While preparing the manuscript...

The homogenization of single phase gases or liquids with chemical reactive components by mixing belongs to one of the oldest basic operations applied in chemical engineering. The mixing process is used as an essential step in...

This volume contains a collection of papers from the research program "Protective Artificial Respiration (PAR)". In 2005 the German Research Association DFG launched the research program PAR which is a joint initiative of...

Thermal Separation Technology is a key discipline for many industries and lays the engineering foundations for the sustainable and economic production of high-quality materials. This book provides fundamental knowledge on this...

Structure of Hard Spheres and Related Systems.- to the Thermodynamics of Hard Spheres and Related Systems.- Equations of State for Hard Spheres and Hard Disks.- Application of Hard-Sphere and Hard-Disk Equations of State to the Weeks-Chandler-Andersen...

This volume features the contributions to the 15th Symposium of the STAB (German Aerospace Aerodynamics Association). Papers provide a broad overview of ongoing work in Germany, including high aspect ratio wings, low aspect ratio wings, bluff bodies,...

This book presents comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the wide field of concentrated vortices observed in nature and technique. The methods for research of their kinematics and dynamics are considered. Special...

- Contents.- Thermodynamics and Phase Separation in IPNs.- Heterogeneous Structure and Morphology of IPNs.- Relaxation Transitions and Viscoelasticity of IPNs.- Chemical Kinetics of IPNs Formation and Phase Separation.- Compatibilization in...

In order to allow the application of the theory from all the three volumes also to processes in combustion engines a systematic set of internally consistent state equations for diesel fuel gas and liquid valid in broad range of...

T. Yokozawa, N. Ajioka, A. Yokoyama: Reaction Control in Condensation Polymerization.- N. Kawahara, J. Saito, S. Matsuo, H. Kaneko, T. Matsugi, N. Kashiwa: Polymer Hybrids Based on Polyolefins - Syntheses, Structures, and Properties.- K. Endo: Synthesis...

H. Hoppe, N.S. Sariciftci: Polymer Solar Cells.- G. D. D`Ambruoso, D.V. McGrath: Energy Harvesting in Synthetic Dendrimer Materials.- C. Andraud, R. Fortrie, C. Barsu, O. Stéphan, H. Chermette, P.L. Baldeck: Excitonically Coupled Oligomers and Dendrimers...

M.Rumi, S. Barlow, J. Wang, J.W. Perry, S.R. Marder: Two-Photon Absorbing and Two-Photon-Induced Chemistry.- K.D. Belfield, S. Yao, M.V. Bondar: Two-Photon Absorbing Photonic Materials: From Fundamentals to Applications.- S. Juodkazis, V. Mizeikis, H...

Granular materials are an integral part of our everyday life. They are also the base material for most industrial processing techniques. The highly dissipative nature of the particle collisions means energy input is needed in...

Acoustics of Layered Media II presents the theory of sound propagation and reflection of spherical waves and bounded beams in layered media. It is mathematically rigorous but at the same time care is taken that the physical...

Featuring a foreword by the astronaut Ulf Merbold, this book is devoted to interfaces between two fluids, that is, between a liquid and a gas or between two liquids. It is the first review on the subject, providing an...

Aircraft design processes require extensive work in the area of both aerodynamics and structure, fonning an environment for aeroelasticity investigations. Present and future designs of European aircraft are characterized by an...

The survival of the Aeronautical Industries of Europe in the highly competitive World Aviation Market is strongly dependent on such factors as time-to-market of a new or derivative aircraft and on its manufacturing costs but...

This volume includes versions of papers selected from those presented at the THIESEL 2000 Conference on Thermofluidynamic Processes in Diesel Engines, held at the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, during the period of...

This volume includes revised and extended versions of selected papers presented at the Tenth International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon,...

This volume contains the proceedings of the CEASlDragNet European Drag Reduction Conference held on 19-21 June 2000 in Potsdam, Germany. This conference, succeeding the First and Second European Forum on Laminar Flow Technology...

The 24 papers presented at the international concluding colloquium of the German priority programme (DFG-Verbundschwerpunktprogramm) "Transition", held in April 2002 in Stuttgart. The unique and successful programme ran six...

This monograph covers phenomena of deformation and machining of granular media: macroscopic particles of different size, shape, and surface properties which typically exhibit behavior similar to fluids, as well as the behavior...

This volume contains contributions to the First Kazakh-German Advanced Research Workshop on Computational Science and High Performance Computing presented in September 2005 at Almaty, Kazakhstan. The workshop was organized by...

This book presents a solution for direct and inverse heat conduction problems, discussing the theoretical basis for the heat transfer process and presenting selected theoretical and numerical problems in the form of exercises...

Those interested in state of the art in computational fluid dynamics will find this publication a valuable source of reference. The contributions are drawn from The International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics...