Fluid mechanics and transfer processes

Fundamental principles of fluid dynamics, heat, and mass transfer are discussed. The basic equations governing the convective transfer by fluid motion of matter, energy and momentum, and the transfer of the same properties by diffusion of molecular motion. These concepts are then applied systematically to the study of fluid dynamics in an engineering context and to the parallel investigation of heat and mass transfer processes. The influence of viscosity and the dominant role of turbulence in fluid motion are emphasized. Individual topics discussed include: boundary layers, flow in pipes and ducts, gas dynamics, flow in turbomachinery, flow of a liquid with a free surface, and special types of flow and transfer processes encountered in chemical engineering applications, such as two-phase flow, condensation, evaporation, flow in packed beds, and flow in fluidized solids.