Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers, 4/e (IE-Paperback)

Noel de Nevers , Geoffrey D. Silcox

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Description
Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers, Fourth Edition, continues to bring material to life through an accessible read filled with intriguing examples. Many of the examples are based on household items that students observe every day. The fourth edition features new material on wind turbines, hydraulic fracturing, and microfluidics,

Hallmark Features
Plentiful real-world examples illustrate new concepts
Gradual progression from simple basics to complex problems
Grounded in universal accounting equations with an emphasis on one-dimensional systems
Focus on numerical answers to foster appreciation for the size of important quantities

New to the Fourth Edition
Chapter on microfluidics with examples of their design and application to bioseparations
Section on wind turbines and their efficiency
Coverage of hydraulic fracturing as used in oil and gas production
Updated examples using household items

目錄大綱

Table of Contents
1 Introduction

Part I Preliminaries
2 Fluid Statics
3 The Balance Equation and the Mass Balance
4 The First Law of Thermodynamics

Part II Flows of Fluids that are One-Dimensional, or that can be Treated as if they were
5 Bernoulli's Equation
6 Fluid Friction in Steady One-Dimensional Flow
7 The Momentum Balance
8 One-Dimensional High-Velocity Gas Flow

Part III Some Other Topics, Which can be Viewed by the Methods of One-Dimensional Fluid Mechanics
9 Model Studies, Dimensional Analysis, and Similitude
10 Pumps, Compressors, and Turbines
11 Flow Through Porous Media
12 Gas-Liquid Flow
13 Non-Newtonian Fluid Flow in Circular Pipes
14 Surface Forces

Part IV Two- and Three-Dimensional Fluid Mechanics
15 Multidimensional Fluid Mechanics
16 Potential Flow
17 The Boundary Layer
18 Turbulence
19 Mixing
20 Computational Fluid Dynamics, (CFD)
21 Microfluidics