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Free convection film flows and heat transfer
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Berlin : Springer, 2006
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9783540291268

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30000010138266 QC330 S52 2006 Open Access Book Book
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This book presents recent developments in systematic studies of hydrodynamics and heat and mass transfer in laminar free convection, accelerating film boiling and condensation of Newtonian fluids, as well as accelerating film flow of non-Newtonian power-law fluids (FFNF). A novel system of analysis models is provided with a developed velocity component method, instead of traditional Falkner-Skan type transformation, and a system of models for treatment of variable thermophysical properties is presented with an innovative temperature parameter method that makes it easier to similarly treat related governing differential equations for consideration of fluid variable thermophysical properties. A pseudo-similarity method is applied for dealing with thermal boundary layer of FFNF, furthermore, with an induced local Prandtl number, which greatly simplifies the heat-transfer analysis and numerical calculation. Based on rigorous theoretical analyses, a system of numerical solutions is formulated by special curve-fitting approaches for simple and reliable predictions of heat and mass transfer and hydrodynamics. In view of a shortage of experimental results for velocity field of free convection boundary layer, recent rigorous experimental measurements are presented covering large temperature differences.


Author Notes

Dr. Deyi Shang got his Ph.D degree from Tsinghua University, China, worked at six universities in China, Europe and North America as professor and research scientist for 25 years. He has had his special contributions on mechanical and thermal engineering, heat transfer, thermal fluid flows, heat and mass transfer of free convection film flows with variable thermophysical properties, and heat transfer and hydrodynamics of accelerating film flow of non-Newtonian fluids. He was awarded very prestigious research scientist from Norwegian Research Council designed for outstanding foreign scientist with proven international reputations. The contributions are in his number of publications including eight papers in Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, an authority and distinguished journal in his research area and were applied and cited by over 100 papers. He was included in Who's Who in the World (1999), USA, as an eminent scientist.


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Shang offers a just-in-time contribution to the heat transfer community. By and large, the book is based on the author's research; it presents an approach known as the temperature-parameter method, which is different from the classical Falkner-Skan transformation. The book's strength lies in its complete treatment of the theory and rigorous analysis in each chapter, with interspersed calculation examples. The book consists of 17 chapters with a range of topics, including heat and mass transfer, free convection boundary layer, and accelerating film boiling fluids. Another strength is Shang's introduction of a system of models to account for variable thermophysical properties of gases and liquids under various thermodynamic conditions. The book culminates in the last three chapters on accelerating film flow of non-Newtonian fluids, a positive contribution to the research community. However, the treatment of topics is limited to laminar flows, and no attempt is made to address turbulence. Furthermore, the models appear to be limited to flat surfaces. Primarily for researchers; no problems to work out. ^BSumming Up: Optional. Graduate students; faculty and researchers. R. N. Laoulache University of Massachusetts Dartmouth


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