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This book provides a user-friendly introduction to convection in porous media, such as fibrous insulation, geological strata, and catalytic reactors. The presentation is self-contained, requiring only routine classical mathematics and the basic elements of fluid mechanics and heat transfer. It will thus be of use not only to researchers and practicing engineers as a review and reference, but also to graduate students and others just entering the field. Applications discussed include such disparate topics as building insulation, energy storage, nuclear-waste disposal, coal and grain storage, chemical reactor engineering, groundwater flow, and stability of snow to avalanches. In this second edition the authors have added: discussions of compact heat exchangers and of tree networks; new material on external natural convection; descriptions of the effects of magnetic fields, of rotations, and of periodic heating; discussions of inclined gradients and of the solidification of alloys; and an extensive treatment of two -phase flows. An extensive list of references (emphasizing recent experimetnal work) provides access to the current research literature.
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Provides a user-friendly introduction to convection in porous media, such as fibrous insulation, geological strata, & catalytic reactors. DLC: Porous materials - Thermal properties.
Convection in Porous Media,D.A. Nield,A. Bejan,Springer,0387984437,Composite Materials,Convection,Engineering - Mechanical,Heat,Material Science,Mechanics - Dynamics - Thermodynamics,Permeability,Porous materials,Science,Science/Mathematics,Technology,Thermal Properties Of Materials,Thermal properties,Materials science,Technology / Engineering / General,Thermodynamics
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