Combustion Physics

A graduate text on the fundamentals of chemically reacting flows for students of applied physics, aerospace, mechanical, and chemical engineering.

Chung K. Law (Author)

9780521154215, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 23 August 2010

742 pages, 16 tables 104 exercises
25.4 x 17.8 x 3.8 cm, 1.29 kg

'Combustion Physics is an excellent text that is comprehensive in coverage, rigorous yet expeditious in the analytical developments, insightful in the physical descriptions, and above all, very readable. It is not only an invaluable reference for combustion researchers, but its emphasis on clarity and logical presentation makes it particularly attractive for classroom adoption for a graduate course on combustion in aerospace, mechanical, or chemical engineering and the physical sciences … The author is to be congratulated for having made this valuable, lasting contribution to combustion literature and education.' AIAA Journal

This graduate-level text incorporates these advances in a comprehensive treatment of the fundamental principles of combustion physics. The presentation emphasises analytical proficiency and physical insight, with the former achieved through complete, though abbreviated, derivations at different levels of rigor, and the latter through physical interpretations of analytical solutions, experimental observations, and computational simulations. Exercises are mostly derivative in nature in order to further strengthen the student's mastery of the theory. Implications of the fundamental knowledge gained herein on practical phenomena are discussed whenever appropriate. These distinguishing features provide a solid foundation for an academic program in combustion science and engineering.

Introduction
1. Chemical thermodynamics
2. Chemical kinetics
3. Oxidation mechanisms of fuels
4. Transport phenomena
5. Conservation equations
6. Laminar nonpremixed flames
7. Laminar premixed flames
8. Limit phenomena
9. Asymptotic structure of flames
10. Aerodynamics of laminar flames
11. Combustion in turbulent flows
12. Combustion in boundary layer flows
13. Combustion in two-phase flows
14. Combustion in supersonic flows
References.

Subject Areas: Mechanics of fluids [TGMF], Mechanics of solids [TGMD]