Thermofluids from nature to engineering
Front cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Textbook Cover Photo -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1 Introduction -- Chapter 1 Thermofluids -- 1.1 What is Thermofluids? -- 1.1.1 Thermodynamics -- 1.1.2 Fluid mechanics -- 1.1.3...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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London, San Diego, CA, Cambridge, MA, Kidlington, Oxford
Academic Press
2022
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Front cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Textbook Cover Photo -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1 Introduction -- Chapter 1 Thermofluids -- 1.1 What is Thermofluids? -- 1.1.1 Thermodynamics -- 1.1.2 Fluid mechanics -- 1.1.3 Heat transfer -- 1.2 Thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer -- 1.3 Dimensions and units -- 1.4 Organization of the book -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 2 Energy and thermodynamics -- 2.1 The study of energy -- 2.2 The conservation of energy -- 2.3 The quality of energy -- 2.4 Thermodynamic systems -- 2.5 Thermodynamic state, equilibrium, and properties -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 3 Moving fluids -- 3.1 What is a fluid? -- 3.2 The continuum fluid -- 3.3 Nature thrives in moving fluids -- 3.4 What is viscosity? -- 3.5 Newtonian fluids -- 3.6 A classification of fluid motions -- 3.6.1 Fluid viscosity -- 3.6.2 Fluid compressibility -- 3.6.3 Flow space -- 3.6.4 Steady versus unsteady flow -- 3.6.5 Laminar versus turbulent flow -- 3.7 Fluid mechanics textbooks -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 4 The transfer of thermal energy -- 4.1 What is thermal energy? -- 4.2 Specific heats -- 4.3 Heat transfer versus thermodynamics -- 4.4 The three heat transfer mechanisms -- 4.4.1 Conduction -- 4.4.2 Convection -- 4.4.3 Radiation -- Problems -- References -- Part 2 An Ecological View on Engineering Thermodynamics -- Chapter 5 The four laws of ecology -- 5.1 What is ecology? -- 5.2 The four laws of ecology -- 5.3 Animal thermoregulation -- 5.4 Learning from intelligent designs -- 5.4.1 Natural-convection-enabled air transport -- 5.4.2 Wearing polar bear hair -- 5.4.3 Ecological buildings -- 5.4.4 Intelligent designs are complex and integrated -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 6 The first law of thermodynamics -- 6.1 Energy. |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturangaben |
| Beschreibung: | xxxv, 397 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme |
| ISBN: | 9780323906265 978-0-323-90626-5 |