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Author Ting, David.

Title Thermofluids [electronic resource] : from nature to engineering / David Ting.

Imprint [S.l.] : Academic Press, 2022.

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Contents 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
8.3 Hydrostatic pressure -- 8.4 Measuring pressure -- 8.5 Hydrostatic force on a surface -- 8.5.1 Curved two-dimensional surfaces -- 8.6 Buoyancy -- 8.6.1 Immersed bodies -- 8.6.2 Floating bodies -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 9 Bernoulli flow -- 9.1 Streamline, streakline, and pathline -- 9.1.1 Streamline -- 9.1.2 Streakline -- 9.1.3 Pathline -- 9.2 Streamline, streamtube, and Bernoulli's Wig -- 9.3 The Bernoulli equation -- 9.4 Bernoulli's pressures -- 9.5 Flow rate measurements -- 9.6 Energy line and hydraulic grade line -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 10 Dimensional analysis
Subject Thermofluids.
Thermofluids
Other Form: Print version: 9780323914550
Print version: 0323906265 9780323906265 (OCoLC)1287922847
Print version: TING, DAVID. THERMOFLUIDS. [S.l.] : ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS, 2022 0323906265 (OCoLC)1287922847
ISBN 9780323914550 (electronic bk.)
0323914551 (electronic bk.)
9780323906265
0323906265
Standard No. AU@ 000071580523

 
    
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