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Advances in Transport Phenomena - 2009 (Paperback, 2010 ed.): Liqiu Wang Advances in Transport Phenomena - 2009 (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
Liqiu Wang
R5,134 Discovery Miles 51 340 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The term transport phenomena is used to describe processes in which mass, momentum, energy and entropy move about in matter. Advances in Transport Phenomena provide state-of-the-art expositions of major advances by theoretical, numerical and experimental studies from a molecular, microscopic, mesoscopic, macroscopic or megascopic point of view across the spectrum of transport p- nomena, from scientific enquiries to practical applications. The annual review series intends to fill the information gap between regularly published journals and university-level textbooks by providing in-depth review articles over a broader scope than in journals. The authoritative articles, contributed by international- leading scientists and practitioners, establish the state of the art, disseminate the latest research discoveries, serve as a central source of reference for fundamentals and applications of transport phenomena, and provide potential textbooks to senior undergraduate and graduate students. The series covers mass transfer, fluid mechanics, heat transfer and thermo- namics. The 2009 volume contains the four articles on biomedical, environmental and nanoscale transports. The editorial board expresses its appreciation to the c- tributing authors and reviewers who have maintained the standard associated with Advances in Transport Phenomena. We also would like to acknowledge the efforts of the staff at Springer who have made the professional and attractive pr- entation of the volume. Serial Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Professor L. Q. Wang The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; lqwang@hku. hk Editors Professor A. R. Balakrishnan Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India Professor A.

IUTAM Symposium on Progress in the Theory and Numerics of Configurational Mechanics - Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held... IUTAM Symposium on Progress in the Theory and Numerics of Configurational Mechanics - Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Erlangen, Germany, October 20-24, 2008 (Paperback, 2009 ed.)
Paul Steinmann
R2,653 Discovery Miles 26 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Con?gurational mechanics has attracted quite a bit of attention from various - search ?elds over the recent years/decades. Having been regarded in its infancy of the early years as a somewhat obscureand almost mystic ?eld of researchthat could only be understood by a happy few of insiders with a pronounced theoretical inc- nation, con?gurational mechanics has developed by now into a versatile tool that can be applied to a variety of problems. Since the seminal works of Eshelby a general notion of con?gurational - chanics has been developed and has successfully been applied to many pr- lems involving various types of defects in continuous media. The most pro- nent application is certainly the use of con?gurational forces in fracture - chanics. However, as con?gurational mechanics is related to arbitrary mat- ial inhomogeneities it has also very successfully been applied to many ma- rials science and engineering problems such as phase transitions and inelastic deformations. Also the modeling of materials with micro-structure evolution is an important ?eld, in which con?gurational mechanics can provide a better understanding of processes going on within the material. Besides these mechanically, physically, and chemically motivated applications, ideas from con?gurational mechanics are now increasingly applied within computational mechanics.

Thermodynamics of Rock-Forming Crystalline Solutions (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973): S.K. Saxena Thermodynamics of Rock-Forming Crystalline Solutions (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973)
S.K. Saxena
R1,384 Discovery Miles 13 840 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Thermodynamics, Gibbs Method and Statistical Physics of Electron Gases (Paperback, 2010 ed.): Bahram M. Askerov, Sophia Figarova Thermodynamics, Gibbs Method and Statistical Physics of Electron Gases (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
Bahram M. Askerov, Sophia Figarova
R4,037 Discovery Miles 40 370 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Thermodynamicsandstatisticalphysicsstudythephysicalproperties(mec- nical, thermal, magnetic, optical, electrical, etc.) of the macroscopic system. The tasks and objects of study in thermodynamics and statistical physics are identical. However, the methods of investigationinto macroscopicsystems are di?erent. Thermodynamics is a phenomenological theory. It studies the properties of bodies, without going into the mechanism of phenomena, i.e., not taking into consideration the relation between the internal structure of substance and phenomena, it generalizes experimental results. As a result of such a g- eralization, postulates and laws of thermodynamics made their appearance. These laws make it possible to ?nd general relations between the di?erent properties of macroscopic systems and the physical events occurring in them. Statisticalphysicsisa microscopic theory.Onthebasisoftheknowledgeof the type of particles a system consists of, the nature of their interaction, and thelawsofmotionoftheseparticlesissuingfromtheconstructionofsubstance, it explains the properties being observedon experiment, and predicts the new properties of systems. Using the laws of classical or quantum mechanics, and alsothe theoryofprobability, itestablishesqualitativelynewstatistical app- priatenesses of the physical properties of macroscopic systems, substantiates the laws of thermodynamics, determines the limits of their applicability, gives the statistical interpretation of thermodynamic parameters, and also works out methods of calculations of their means. The Gibbs method is based on statisticalphysics.Thismethodis themostcanonical.Therefore, inthis book, the exposition of the Gibbs method takes an important pla

Heat Conduction (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984): U. Grigull Heat Conduction (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984)
U. Grigull; Translated by J. Kestin; H. Sandner
R1,381 Discovery Miles 13 810 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The present book treats the science of heat conduction to an extent to which it can be taught in the specialized departments of Mechanical, Chemical or Electrical Engineering at a German Engineering University. No special prerequisites are assumed, and the mathematical methods employed draw, essentially, on the content of a normal curriculum in the depart ments mentioned above. The book is intended for adoption in conjunction with a standard lecture course or as an aid to review before examinations. It should also be found helpful to a practicing engineer in solving problems in heat conduction. As far as the readers are concerned, the book should, above all, show that exact and approximate solutions to answer questions which arise in a very large number of important, practical applications are at their disposal. Further, the book will show that in many cases it is possible to perform first estimates in a very elementary manner before engaging in the derivation of complicated analytic solutions. It is in this way that we utilize the past results of the great mathematicians of earlier generations who have bequeathed to us a considerable stock of methods and solutions. The application of such methods is illustrated in this book with the aid of examples drawn from various branches of science and technology. In this manner, the wide field of applicability of heat transfer will be made clear."

Liquid Hydrogen - Fuel of the Future (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992): Walter Peschka Liquid Hydrogen - Fuel of the Future (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
Walter Peschka; Translated by E. a. Wilhelm, U. Wilhelm
R4,030 Discovery Miles 40 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

to the German Edition This book is based on published material, oral presentations and lecture courses, as well as the author's personal research in the specific field of space technology and in the general areas of energy storage and transfer, and cryogenics. The science and technology of liquid hydrogen-once essential prere quisites for the rapid development of space technology-are now also proving to be more and more important for the energy production of the future. Hydrogen as an energy carrier can generally mediate the existing disparity between nuclear energy and regenerative energy, both of which are indispensable for the future. Hydrogen, as a secondary energy carrier, can be produced from these primary energy sources with minimal environmental impact and without the detrimental, long-term pollution effects of current fossil fuel technology. Hydrogen, therefore, represents the ultimate in energy technology. The initial, large-scale application of hydrogen as a secondary energy was as a high-energy rocket propellant. The procedures for its large scale liquefaction, storage and employment were generally developed in the U.S. Currently in Europe similar activities are being conducted only in France. The effort in West Germany involves testing hydrogen-oxygen and hydrogen-fluorine rocket engines, studying also the physical and technical characteristics of slush hydrogen-mixture of the solid and liquid phase-and is concentrating currently on R&D applications of liquid hydrogen as an alternate fuel. Similar activities are also being conducted in Japan and Canada."

Dissipative Structures in Transport Processes and Combustion - Interdisciplinary Seminar, Bielefeld, July 17-21, 1989... Dissipative Structures in Transport Processes and Combustion - Interdisciplinary Seminar, Bielefeld, July 17-21, 1989 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
Dirk Meinkoehn
R1,406 Discovery Miles 14 060 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Any description of the workings of nature by means of measurements and ob servations is beset with the problem of how to cope with an immense amount of information. In physics, it is an established approach to derive basic equations which then serve as cornerstones of what is called a theory of the phenomena. This derivation is based on certain characteristics of the phenomena, the refine ment of which results from a reduction of the amount of empirical information, with the reduction leading to an enhancement of the very characteristics that are sought for in the otherwise seemingly amorphous wealth of data. If physics is mainly concerned with the derivation of equations, lately there has emerged a conceptually different approach, which in a way is equivalent to a reversal of the line of attack: here, the basic equations serve as the point of departure and the aim is to demonstrate that the equations are capable of de to represent the essence of the scribing certain characteristics which are thought phenomenon under investigation. By definition, this variant approach must tran scend the realm of pure physics and could possibly be termed "applied mathe matics" in a broader sense. The phenomena it strives to characterize arise from a range of influences such that a combination of theoretical concepts from physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, etc. , is called for.

Applications of the Monte Carlo Method in Statistical Physics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984): A.... Applications of the Monte Carlo Method in Statistical Physics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984)
A. Baumgartner; Edited by K. Binder; Contributions by K. Binder, J.-P. Hansen, M.H. Kalos, …
R1,430 Discovery Miles 14 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Monte Carlo computer simulations are now a standard tool in scientific fields such as condensed-matter physics, including surface-physics and applied-physics problems (metallurgy, diffusion, and segregation, etc. ), chemical physics, including studies of solutions, chemical reactions, polymer statistics, etc., and field theory. With the increasing ability of this method to deal with quantum-mechanical problems such as quantum spin systems or many-fermion problems, it will become useful for other questions in the fields of elementary-particle and nuclear physics as well. The large number of recent publications dealing either with applications or further development of some aspects of this method is a clear indication that the scientific community has realized the power and versatility of Monte Carlo simula tions, as well as of related simulation techniques such as "molecular dynamics" and "Langevin dynamics," which are only briefly mentioned in the present book. With the increasing availability of recent very-high-speed general-purpose computers, many problems become tractable which have so far escaped satisfactory treatment due to prac tical limitations (too small systems had to be chosen, or too short averaging times had to be used). While this approach is admittedly rather expensive, two cheaper alternatives have become available, too: (i) array or vector processors specifical ly suited for wide classes of simulation purposes; (ii) special purpose processors, which are built for a more specific class of problems or, in the extreme case, for the simulation of one single model system."

Elements of Rapid Solidification - Fundamentals and Applications (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998):... Elements of Rapid Solidification - Fundamentals and Applications (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998)
Monde A Otooni
R2,871 Discovery Miles 28 710 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Elements of Rapid Solidification: Fundamentals and Applications is the product of many years of concentrated work in the field of rapid solidification and processing. This quasi-monograph is unique in two ways. It brings together the talent of many international scientists in an effort to focus attention on all aspects of a new scientific field and it concentrates on fundamentals and practical applications. Simply stated, this book has been written by the senior students in the field of rapid solidification technology for the new generation of solid-state physicists, materials scientists, materials engineers, metallurgists and ceramicists.

Dynamics of Disordered Materials - Proceedings of the ILL Workshop Grenoble, France, September 26-28, 1988 (Paperback,... Dynamics of Disordered Materials - Proceedings of the ILL Workshop Grenoble, France, September 26-28, 1988 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989)
Dieter Richter, Albert J Dianoux, Winfried Petry, Jose Teixeira
R2,675 Discovery Miles 26 750 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book contains the proceedings of a workshop held at the Institute Laue-Langevin in Grenoble in September 1988. Review articles and contributed papers survey recent theoretical and experimental developments on disordered materials and in particular on glasses. A large part of the book concerns the recently proposed mode-coupling approach to the behaviour of a viscous liquid around its glass transition, where the relevant dynamics extend over a broad range in time scales and the application of quite different experimental techniques becomes essential. Contributions report on experiments using dielectric relaxation, NMR or light scattering techniques, and especially neutron scattering techniques. One signature of disordered materials is the occurrence of an excess vibrational density of states at low frequencies. Some situations are presented where the density of states can be understood by taking into account the peculiarities of intra- and intermolecular motions. Another approach to the dynamics of disordered materials is the fracton picture, developed to describe the excitations of fractal objects. Several contributions discuss the dynamics of such fractals, studying mainly the vibrational density of states, and some discuss the application of the fracton concept to materials without a fractal structure like glasses.

Thermophysical Properties of Refrigerants (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990): Bernhard Platzer, Axel... Thermophysical Properties of Refrigerants (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
Bernhard Platzer, Axel Polt, Gerd Maurer
R2,795 Discovery Miles 27 950 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Halogenated derivatives of simple hydrocarbons, like chloro-and fluoromethanes and -ethanes, are important chemicals in many industries for example as working media in organi Rankine cycles and refrigerating pro cesses. Although there are ecological reasons against using these substances, it is expected that they cannot be substituted in all cases. But optimizing the processes in which these substances have to be used can also contribute to minimizing the possible damage. This book summarizes the extensive experimental material available on the thermodynamic properties of 16 pure and mixed halogenated hydrocarbons, so that it can easily be used both by process and design engineers. The project was initiated by the late Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard Bender and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. H.D. Baehr. We would like to express our gratitude especially to Prof. Baehr for his continuing interest and to Springer-Verlag for their patience. Besides the authors, quite a large number of students contributed to the completion of the book. Among them we are most obliged to Mr. L. Hoffmann and Mr. F. Strepp for their assistance in preparing tables, diagrams and charts. We hope that this book will prove to be useful to many colleagues, and we welcome proposals, advice, and comments."

Aerothermodynamics in Combustors - IUTAM Symposium Taipei, Taiwan, 1991 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.... Aerothermodynamics in Combustors - IUTAM Symposium Taipei, Taiwan, 1991 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
Richard S.L. Lee, James H Whitelaw, T. S Wung
R2,672 Discovery Miles 26 720 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A Symposium on Aerothermodynamics of Combustors was held at the Institute of Applied Mechanics of the National Taiwan University from 3 to 5 June 1991 and was attended by 130 delegates from eight countries. The topics of the forty formal presentations included measurements and calculations of isothermal simulations and of combusting flows with one and two phases, and with consideration of configurations ranging from simple diffusion to gas-turbine flows. The discussions inside and outside of the Symposium Hall were lively and an open forum session demonstrated the range of opinions currently and strongly held. The International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics initiated the Symposium under the chairmanship of Professor R S L Lee and with the Scientific Committee listed below. It benefited from sponsorship, again as listed below, and from contributors who presented interesting and up-to-date descriptions of their research. Invited lectures were delivered by Professors R Bilger and F Weinberg and set the scene in terms of quality of material and presentation.

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics VIII - Recent Developments Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop Athens,... Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics VIII - Recent Developments Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop Athens, GA, USA, February 20-24, 1995 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995)
David P. Landau, Kin-Keung Mon, Heinz-Bernd Schuttler
R2,626 Discovery Miles 26 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics VIII covers recent developments in this field presented at the 1995 workshop, such as new algorithms, methods of analysis, and conceptual developments. This volume is composed of three parts. The first part contains invited papers that deal with simulational studies of classical systems. The second part is devoted to invited papers on quantum systems, including new results for strongly correlated electron and quantum spin models. The final part comprises contributed presentations.

Laminar-Turbulent Transition - IUTAM Symposium Toulouse/France September 11-15, 1989 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the... Laminar-Turbulent Transition - IUTAM Symposium Toulouse/France September 11-15, 1989 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
D. Arnal, R. Michel
R2,771 Discovery Miles 27 710 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The subject of laminar-turbulent transition is of considerable practical importance and has a wide range of engineering applications. For this reason, the International Union of Applied Mechanics decided to sponsor a third Symposium on "Laminar-Turbulent Transition," which would be organised by the ONERA Toulouse Research Center and held at "Ecole Nationale Superieure de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace" in 1989. It was supposed that like the two previous IUTAM Symposia (Stuttgart 1979 and Novosibirsk 1984) the symposium would be devoted to experimental of laminar-turbulent transition In fluids, i.e. the and theoretical studies physical problem of transition and mathematical modelling in shear flows. The contributed papers were selected by the Scientific Committee from extended abstracts. The larger number of highly qualified papers submitted for presentation led us to include in the program poster sessions, which could be held during morning, lunch and afternoon breaks, and to take the decision that the symposium should last five days (from Monday 11 to Friday 15 September). An excursion on Wednesday offering a well deserved rest and the occasion of new personal exchanges between the participants seems to have been appreciated by all. The symposium consisted of 8 invited lectures and 62 contributed pa pers presented either on oral or poster sessions."

Advances in Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998): Hans J. Rath,... Advances in Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998)
Hans J. Rath, Christoph Egbers
R2,626 Discovery Miles 26 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This special volume contains several articles written in honour of Professor IngolfTeipel on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Professor Teipel was born on March 15th, 1933 in Wissen/Sieg. He started his school career in Betzdorf/Sieg. From 1943 to 1951 he went to the Gymnasium in Betzdorf, where he obtained his school-leaving exam after only 8 years. In 1951 Professor Teipel started his studies in Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Aachen and got his diploma at the Aerodynamic Institute in 1956. Then Professor Teipel decided to join the research group of the Institute of Theoretical Gasdynamics at the Deutsche Versuchsanstalt fiir Luft und Raumfahrt (DVL), the famous institute of Professor Oswatitsch, where he spent about 13 years until 1968. At the Technical University of Aachen he finished his dissertation devoted to spherical-symmetric shock waves and he obtained his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering in 1960. Some years later he went as a guest scientist to the Aerospace Laboratories of Dayton, Ohio, USA. In 1965 Professor Teipel fmished his habilitation work with a paper on unsteady transonic pressure forces at the Technical University of Aachen, where he recieved the venia legendi in fluid mechanics. In this year, Professor Teipel was given the freedom of the state Tennessee, USA."

Finite Element Analysis for Heat Transfer - Theory and Software (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994):... Finite Element Analysis for Heat Transfer - Theory and Software (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994)
Hou-Cheng Huang, Asif S Usmani
R1,387 Discovery Miles 13 870 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This text presents an introduction to the application of the finite ele ment method to the analysis of heat transfer problems. The discussion has been limited to diffusion and convection type of heat transfer in solids and fluids. The main motivation of writing this book stems from two facts. Firstly, we have not come across any other text which provides an intro duction to the finite element method (FEM) solely from a heat transfer perspective. Most introductory texts attempt to teach FEM from a struc tural engineering background, which may distract non-structural engineers from pursuing this important subject with full enthusiasm. We feel that our approach provides a better alternative for non-structural engineers. Secondly, for people who are interested in using FEM for heat transfer, we have attempted to cover a wide range of topics, presenting the essential the ory and full implementational details including two FORTRAN programs. In addition to the basic FEM heat transfer concepts and implementation, we have also presented some modem techniques which are being used to enhance the accuracy and speed of the conventional method. In writing the text we have endeavoured to keep it accessible to persons with qualifications of no more than an engineering graduate. As mentioned earlier this book may be used to learn FEM by beginners, this may include undergraduate students and practicing engineers. However, there is enough advanced material to interest more experienced practitioners.

Products of Random Matrices - in Statistical Physics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993): Andrea... Products of Random Matrices - in Statistical Physics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)
Andrea Crisanti, Giovanni Paladin, Angelo Vulpiani
R2,624 Discovery Miles 26 240 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

At the present moment, after the success of the renormalization group in providing a conceptual framework for studying second-order phase tran sitions, we have a nearly satisfactory understanding of the statistical me chanics of classical systems with a non-random Hamiltonian. The situation is completely different if we consider the theory of systems with a random Hamiltonian or of chaotic dynamical systems. The two fields are connected; in fact, in the latter the effects of deterministic chaos can be modelled by an appropriate stochastic process. Although many interesting results have been obtained in recent years and much progress has been made, we still lack a satisfactory understanding of the extremely wide variety of phenomena which are present in these fields. The study of disordered or chaotic systems is the new frontier where new ideas and techniques are being developed. More interesting and deep results are expected to come in future years. The properties of random matrices and their products form a basic tool, whose importance cannot be underestimated. They playa role as important as Fourier transforms for differential equations. This book is extremely interesting as far as it presents a unified approach for the main results which have been obtained in the study of random ma trices. It will become a reference book for people working in the subject. The book is written by physicists, uses the language of physics and I am sure that many physicists will read it with great pleasure."

Stochastic Methods and Computer Techniques in Quantum Dynamics - Proceedings of the XXIII. Internationale Universitatswochen... Stochastic Methods and Computer Techniques in Quantum Dynamics - Proceedings of the XXIII. Internationale Universitatswochen fur Kernphysik 1984 der Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz at Schladming (Steiermark, Austria), February 20th - March 1st, 1984 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984)
H. Mitter, L. Pittner
R1,468 Discovery Miles 14 680 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume contains the written versions of lectures held at the "23. Internationale Universit tswochen fUr Kernphysik" in Schladming, Austria, in February 1984. Once again the generous support of our sponsors, the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research, the Styrian Government and others, had made it possible to organize this school. The aim of the topics chosen for the meeting was to present different aspects of stochastic methods and techniques. These methods have opened up new ways to attack problems in a broad field ranging from quantum mechanics to quantum field theory. Thanks to the efforts of the lecturers it was possible to take this development into account and show relations to areas where stochastic methods have been used for a long time. Due to limited space only short manuscript versions of the many seminars presented could be included. The lecture notes were reexamined by the authors after the school and are now published in their final form. It is a pleasure to thank all the lecturers for their efforts which made it possible to speed up publication. Thanks are also due to Mrs. Neuhold for her careful typing of the notes. H. Mitter L. Pittner Acta Physica Austriaca, Suppl. XXVI, 3-52 (1984) (c) by Springer-Verlag 1984 STOCHASTIC PROCESSES - QUANTUM PHYSICS+ by L. STREIT Universitat Bielefeld BiBoS D-4800 Bielefeld. FR Germany I.

Advanced Combustion Science (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993): Tsuneo Someya Advanced Combustion Science (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)
Tsuneo Someya
R1,420 Discovery Miles 14 200 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Non-uniform combustion, as encountered in diesel and gas turbine engines, furnaces, and boilers, is responsible for the conversion of fossil fuel to energy and also for the corresponding formation of pollutants. In spite of great research efforts in the past, the mechanism of non-uniform combustion has remained less explored than that of other combustion types, since it consists of many, mostly transient processes which influence each other. In view of this background, a group research project, "Exploration of Combustion Mechanism," was established to explore the mechanism of combustion, especially that of diffusive combustion, and also to find efficient ways to control the combustion process for better utilization of fuel and the reduction of pollutant emission. The group research was started, after preparatory activity of 2 years, in April 1988, for a period of 3 years, as a project with a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research of Priority Area subsidized by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan. The entire group of 43 members was set up as an organizing committee of 13 members, and five research groups, consisting of 36 members. The research groups were: (1) Steady combustion, (2) Unsteady spray combustion, (3) Control of combustion, (4) Chemistry of combustion, and (5) Effects of fuels. At the beginning of the project it was agreed that we should pursue the mechanism of combustion from a scientific viewpoint, namely, the target of the project was to obtain the fundamentals, or "know why," rather than "know how" of combustion.

Crystal Pulling from the Melt (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993): Donald T.J. Hurle Crystal Pulling from the Melt (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)
Donald T.J. Hurle
R1,373 Discovery Miles 13 730 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Crystal pulling is an industrial process and provides the bulk of semiconductor crystals for the semiconductor industry. Initially a purely empirical process, the increase in importance and size of the industry has led to basic research into the fundamentals of the process - particularly the modelling of heat and mass transfer. The book has been written by the recognized authority on Czochralski crystal-growth techniques. It is an attempt to strengthen the interface between the practical crystal grower and the applied mathematician involved in analytical and computer modelling. Its focus is on the physics, chemistry and metallurgy of the process. From reviews: "... There is a need for a modern, non-trivial text on Czochralski growth ... and Dr. Hurle is eminently suited to write such a text."; "Dr. Hurle is probably uniquely qualified to write a book on ... (the Czochralski) growth process. ... He has published a great deal of very substantial as well as innovative work in this area."

Molecular Dynamics Simulations - Proceedings of the 13th Taniguchi Symposium Kashikojima, Japan, November 6-9, 1990 (Paperback,... Molecular Dynamics Simulations - Proceedings of the 13th Taniguchi Symposium Kashikojima, Japan, November 6-9, 1990 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
Fumiko Yonezawa
R2,648 Discovery Miles 26 480 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume contains papers presented at the Thirteenth Taniguchi Symposium on the Theory of Condensed Matter, which was held at Kashikojima (in Ise Shima National Park), Japan, from 6th to 9th November, 1990. The topic of the symposium was Molecular Dynamics Simulations. The general objective of this series of the Taniguchi Symposia is to encour age developing fields of great promise in condensed matter physics. Our theme, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, certainly fulfills this requirement, be cause the field is developing at a remarkable pace and its future is considered almost boundless. It was in the 1950s that the original idea of the MD methods was first pro posed and applied to the study of physical systems composed of many particles. In fact, the invention of the MD techniques occurred soon after the construction of the first computers. For almost 35 years since then, MD methods, together with Monte Carlo methods, have played major parts in the drama of computer simulations. The triumph of MD simulations is not confined to numerical aspects of detailed analyses of physical systems. MD simulations have verified some un expected facts and introduced some new concepts, all of which had never been predicted previously from analytical theories. The occurrence of the Alder tran sition in a system of repulsive particles and the behavior of the long-time tails of the velocity autocorrelation function for a liquid are just two examples of the results achieved by means of MD studies."

The Physics of Structure Formation - Theory and Simulation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987): Werner... The Physics of Structure Formation - Theory and Simulation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987)
Werner Guttinger, Gerhard Dangelmayr
R1,464 Discovery Miles 14 640 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The formation and evolution of complex dynamical structures is one of the most exciting areas of nonlinear physics. Such pattern formation problems are common in practically all systems involving a large number of interacting components. Here, the basic problem is to understand how competing physical forces can shape stable geometries and to explain why nature prefers just these. Motivation for the intensive study of pattern formation phenomena during the past few years derives from an increasing appreciation of the remarkable diversity of behaviour encountered in nonlinear systems and of universal features shared by entire classes of nonlinear processes. As physics copes with ever more ambi tious problems in pattern formation, summarizing our present state of knowledge becomes a pressing issue. This volume presents an overview of selected topics in this field of current interest. It deals with theoretical models of pattern formation and with simulations that bridge the gap between theory and experiment. The book is a product of the International Symposium on the Physics of Structure Formation, held from October 27 through November 2, 1986, at the Institute for Information Sciences of the University of Tiibingen. The symposium brought together a group of distinguished scientists from various disciplines to exchange ideas about recent advances in pattern formation in the physical sciences, and also to introduce young scientists to the fi"

Large Scale Dynamics of Interacting Particles (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991): Herbert Spohn Large Scale Dynamics of Interacting Particles (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
Herbert Spohn
R3,349 Discovery Miles 33 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The core of the material on large scale dynamics of interacting particles grew out of courses I taught at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Rutgers Universi ty, and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen and out of lectures I gave at the workshop "Hydrodynamical Behavior of Microscopic Systems" at the Universita dell'Aquila. I had the good luck of being helped through difficult ground by many friends. Amongst them I am deeply indebted to Joel L. Lebowitz. He got me started. Relatively little would have been achieved without his never-ending curiosity and insistence on clarity. Furthermore, I gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of Michael Aizenman, Henk van Beijeren, Carlo Boldrighini, Jean Bricmont, Paola Calderoni, Brian Davies, Anna DeMasi, Roland Dobrushin, Detlef Durr, Gregory Eyink, Mark Fannes, Pablo Ferrari, Alberto Frigerio, Joseph Fritz, Antonio Galves, Shelly Goldstein, Vittorio Gorini, Reinhard Illner, Claude Kipnis, Joachim Krug, Oscar Lanford, Reinhard Lang, Joel Lebowitz, Christian Maes, Stefano Olla, George Papanicolaou, Errico Presutti, Mario Pulvirenti, Fraydoun Rezakhanlou, Hermann Rost, Yasha Sinai, Yuri Suhov, Domo Szasz, Ragu Varadhan, Andre Verbeure, David Wick, and Horng-Tzer Yau. The list is somewhat lengthy, perhaps, but besides thanks I want to make clear that what I will describe is the outcome of a common scientific enterprise. I thank Henk van Beijeren and Detlef Durr for careful reading of and com ments on a previous version. Paola Calderoni and Detlef Durr supplied me with the proof in Part I, Chapter 8. 4 which is most appreciated. Munchen, May 1991 Herbert Spohn Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."

How to Produce Methanol from Coal (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990): Emil Supp How to Produce Methanol from Coal (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
Emil Supp
R1,385 Discovery Miles 13 850 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

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. Most prominent among the raw materials from which methanol can be produced is coal, whose deposits and resources are many times larger than those of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons. This book deals with the production of methanol from coal. It describes both the individual steps that are required for this process and the essential ancillary units and offsites associated with the process itself . . It is not meant to inform the reader about the intricate details of the processes, which can much better be taken from the specialized literature that deals exclusively and in detail with them or from the well-known standard engineering books. Rather, this book is to give the reader an impression how manifold a field this is, how many process variations and combinations the designer of such plants has to consider in order to arrive at an optimum design in each particular case. Apart from the production of chemical-grade methanol, the book deals briefly also with fuel methanol production, i. e. with the production of alcohol mixes. One of the many possible routes from coal to methanol is illustrated by a process flow diagram, and a material and energy balance is compiled for this typical example."

Nonlinear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics I - Linear and Nonlinear Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorems (Paperback, Softcover reprint... Nonlinear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics I - Linear and Nonlinear Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
Rouslan L. Stratonovich
R3,821 Discovery Miles 38 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book gives the first detailed coherent treatment of a relatively young branch of statistical physics - nonlinear nonequilibrium and fluctuation-dissipative thermo dynamics. This area of research has taken shape fairly recently: its development began in 1959. The earlier theory -linear nonequilibrium thermodynamics - is in principle a simple special case of the new theory. Despite the fact that the title of this book includes the word "nonlinear", it also covers the results of linear nonequilibrium thermodynamics. The presentation of the linear and nonlinear theories is done within a common theoretical framework that is not subject to the linearity condition. The author hopes that the reader will perceive the intrinsic unity of this discipline, and the uniformity and generality of its constituent parts. This theory has a wide variety of applications in various domains of physics and physical chemistry, enabling one to calculate thermal fluctuations in various nonlinear systems. The book is divided into two volumes. Fluctuation-dissipation theorems (or relations) of various types (linear, quadratic and cubic, classical and quantum) are considered in the first volume. Here one encounters the Markov and non-Markov fluctuation-dissipation theorems (FDTs), theorems of the first, second and third kinds. Nonlinear FDTs are less well known than their linear counterparts.

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