Combustion Thermodynamics and Dynamics

This textbook combines rigorous mathematical analysis with combustion science to address standard problems in reactive fluid mechanics.

Joseph M. Powers (Author)

9781107067455, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 18 April 2016

474 pages, 146 b/w illus. 17 tables
26 x 18.5 x 3.2 cm, 1.01 kg

Combustion Thermodynamics and Dynamics builds on a foundation of thermal science, chemistry, and applied mathematics that will be familiar to most undergraduate aerospace, mechanical, and chemical engineers to give a first-year graduate-level exposition of the thermodynamics, physical chemistry, and dynamics of advection-reaction-diffusion. Special effort is made to link notions of time-independent classical thermodynamics with time-dependent reactive fluid dynamics. In particular, concepts of classical thermochemical equilibrium and stability are discussed in the context of modern nonlinear dynamical systems theory. The first half focuses on time-dependent spatially homogeneous reaction, while the second half considers effects of spatially inhomogeneous advection and diffusion on the reaction dynamics. Attention is focused on systems with realistic detailed chemical kinetics as well as simplified kinetics. Many mathematical details are presented, and several quantitative examples are given. Topics include foundations of thermochemistry, reduced kinetics, reactive Navier–Stokes equations, reaction-diffusion systems, laminar flame, oscillatory combustion, and detonation.

Preface
Part I. Reactive Systems: 1. Introduction to chemical kinetics
2. Gas mixtures
3. Mathematical foundations of thermodynamics
4. Thermochemistry of a single reaction
5. Thermochemistry of multiple reactions
6. Nonlinear dynamics of reduced kinetics
Part II. Advective-Reactive-Diffusive Systems: 7. Reactive Navier–Stokes equations
8. Simple linear combustion
9. Idealized solid combustion
10. Premixed laminar flame
11. Oscillatory combustion
12. Detonation.

Subject Areas: Aerodynamics [TGMF1], Mechanical engineering & materials [TG], Technology, engineering, agriculture [T], Fluid mechanics [PHDF], Physics [PH], Mathematics & science [P]