Computational Transport Phenomena
Numerical Methods for the Solution of Transport Problems

A clear, user-oriented introduction to the subject of computational transport phenomena, first published in 1997.

W. E. Schiesser (Author), C. A. Silebi (Author)

9780521556538, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 13 August 1997

470 pages, 50 b/w illus.
25.6 x 17.8 x 2.7 cm, 0.84 kg

Computational techniques have become indispensable tools in solving complex problems in transport phenomena. This book, first published in 1997, provides a clear, user-oriented introduction to the subject. Each self-contained chapter includes a detailed worked example and a discussion of the problem system equations. Also included are the numerical methods used; computer code for the solution of the problem system equations; discussion of the numerical solution with emphasis on physical interpretation; and when appropriate, a comparison of the numerical solution with an analytical solution or a discussion of how the numerical solution goes beyond what can be done analytically, especially for nonlinear problems. Intended for students and a broad range of scientists and engineers, the book includes computer code written in transportable Fortran so that readers can produce the numerical solutions and then extend them to other cases. The programs are also available on the author's web site at http://www.lehigh.edu/~wes1/wes1.html.

M1. Laminar boundary layer flow
M2. Unsteady laminar flow in a circular tube
M3. Nonlinear, front-sharpening convective systems
H1. Heat conduction in a semi infinite system
H2. One-dimensional heat conduction
H3. Heat transfer in a circular fin
H4. Graetz problem with constant wall heat flux
H5. Graetz problem with constant wall temperature
H6. Heat exchanger dynamics
MA1. Dynamic mass transfer model
MA2. Mass transfer with simultaneous convection and diffusion
MA3. Transient multicomponent diffusion. (M - momentum transfer
H - heat transfer
MA - mass transfer and chemical reaction).

Subject Areas: Mechanics of fluids [TGMF]