Applications of Heat, Mass and Fluid Boundary Layers

R. O. Fagbenle, O. M. Amoo, S. Aliu, A. Falana, R. O. Fagbenle

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9780128179499
• eBook ISBN:
  9780128179505
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Energy
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Applications of Heat, Mass and Fluid Boundary Layers brings together the latest research on boundary layers where there has been remarkable advancements in recent years. This book highlights relevant concepts and solutions to energy issues and environmental sustainability by combining fundamental theory on boundary layers with real-world industrial applications from, among others, the thermal, nuclear and chemical industries. The book's editors and their team of expert contributors discuss many core themes, including advanced heat transfer fluids and boundary layer analysis, physics of fluid motion and viscous flow, thermodynamics and transport phenomena, alongside key methods of analysis such as the Merk-Chao-Fagbenle method. This book's multidisciplinary coverage will give engineers, scientists, researchers and graduate students in the areas of heat, mass, fluid flow and transfer a thorough understanding of the technicalities, methods and applications of boundary layers, with a unified approach to energy, climate change and a sustainable future. - Presents up-to-date research on boundary layers with very practical applications across a diverse mix of industries - Includes mathematical analysis to provide detailed explanation and clarity - Provides solutions to global energy issues and environmental sustainability

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• List of contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1: Physics of fluid motion
• 2: Mechanisms of heat transfer and boundary layers
• 3: On some basics of compressible fluid flows
• 4: Boundary layer equations in fluid dynamics
• 5: The Merk–Chao–Fagbenle method for laminar boundary layer analysis
• 6: The spectral-homotopy analysis method (SHAM) for solutions of boundary layer problems
• 7: On a new numerical approach of MHD mixed convection flow with heat and mass transfer of a micropolar fluid over an unsteady stretching sheet in the presence of viscous dissipation and thermal radiation
• 8: On the bivariate spectral quasilinearization method for nonlinear boundary layer partial differential equations
• 9: Mixed convection heat transfer in rotating elliptic coolant channels
• 10: Numerical techniques for the solution of the laminar boundary layer equations
• 11: On a selection of convective boundary layer transfer problems
• 12: Advanced fluids – a review of nanofluid transport and its applications
• 13: On a selection of the applications of thermodynamics
• 14: Overview of non-Newtonian boundary layer flows and heat transfer
• 15: Climate change in developing nations of the world
• A: Some mathematical background of fluid mechanics
• B: Some fundamentals of fluid mechanics
• Index