Thermofluids : from nature to engineering / David Ting.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Ting, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Renewable energy sources--Congresses.
• Renewable energy sources--Data processing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (511 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, UK : Elsevier, [2022]

Contents:

• Intro
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Textbook Cover Photo
• List of figures
• List of tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Part 1 Introduction
• Chapter 1 Thermofluids
• Chapter Objectives
• Nomenclature
• Greek and other symbols
• 1.1 What is Thermofluids?
• 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
• Chapter Objecives
• 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
• 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
• 3.7 Fluid mechanics textbooks
• 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
• 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
• Chapter 6 The first law of thermodynamics
• 6.1 Energy
• 6.2 Thermodynamic systems
• 6.3 Heat and work transfer
• 6.4 Conservation of energy
• 6.5 Moving boundary work
• 6.6 Enthalpy.
• 6.7 Thermodynamic cycle
• Chapter 7 The second law of thermodynamics
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 One-way energy flow
• 7.3 Entropy
• 7.4 Heat source and sink
• 7.5 Heat engine
• 7.6 Reverse heat engines
• Part 3 Environmental and Engineering Fluid Mechanics
• Chapter 8 Fluid statics
• 8.1 What is pressure?
• 8.2 Fluid statics
• 8.3 Hydrostatic pressure
• 8.4 Measuring pressure
• 8.5 Hydrostatic force on a surface
• 8.6 Buoyancy
• Chapter 9 Bernoulli flow
• 9.1 Streamline, streakline, and 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
• Chapter 10 Dimensional analysis
• 10.1 Dimensional homogeneity
• 10.2 Scaling and dimensional analysis
• 10.3 Buckingham Pi theorem
• 10.4 Prevailing nondimensional parameters in fluid mechanics
• 10.5 Some remarks on dimensional analysis
• Chapter 11 Internal flow
• 11.1 Flow in a channel
• 11.2 The Reynolds number and the type of pipe flow
• 11.3 Developing pipe flow
• 11.4 Fully developed horizontal pipe flow
• 11.5 Fully developed inclined pipe flow
• 11.6 Energy conservation and head loss in pipe flow
• 11.7 Major and minor losses in pipe flow
• Chapter 12 External flow
• 12.1 Everyday external flow.
• 12.2 Lift and drag
• 12.3 Boundary layer
• 12.4 Flat plate boundary layer development
• 12.5 Bluff body aerodynamics
• Part 4 Ecophysiology-flavored Engineering Heat Transfer
• Chapter 13 Steady conduction of thermal energy
• 13.1 Fourier's law of heat conduction
• 13.2 From electric resistance to thermal resistance
• 13.3 One-dimensional heat conduction in cylindrical coordinates
• 13.4 Heat conduction radially through a sphere
• 13.5 Steady conduction through multilayered walls
• 13.6 Multilayered inhomogeneous walls
• Chapter 14 Transient conduction of thermal energy
• 14.1 A lumped system with homogeneous temperature
• 14.2 Biot number
• 14.3 One-dimensional transient problems
• 14.4 Semi-infinite solid
• Chapter 15 Natural convection
• 15.1 Natural convection and thermals
• 15.2 Thermal expansion and buoyancy force
• 15.3 Nondimensional parameters in natural convection
• 15.4 The classical Rayleigh-Bernard convection
• 15.5 Continuous thermal plumes and buoyant jets
• 15.6 Free convection along a vertical plate
• 15.7 Other free convection cases
• Chapter 16 Forced convection
• 16.1 What is the force behind forced convection?
• 16.2 The convection heat transfer coefficient
• 16.3 Forcing heat to convect from a flat surface
• 16.4 Primary parameters in forced convection
• 16.5 Nusselt number, Reynolds number, and Prandtl number
• 16.6 Nu-Re-Pr relationships
• 16.7 Relating heat convection with flow shear at the wall
• 16.8 Forced convection around a circular cylinder.
• 16.9 Other nondimensional parameters of forced convection
• 16.10 Internal forced convection
• Chapter 17 Thermal radiation
• 17.1 The radiating Sun
• 17.2 All bodies above absolute zero radiate heat
• 17.3 Absorptivity, transmissivity, and reflectivity
• 17.4 View or shape factors
• 17.5 Further reading on thermal radiation
• Chapter 18 Heat exchangers
• 18.1 Nature thrives by exploiting effective heat exchangers
• 18.2 Counter-flow, parallel-flow, and crossflow heat exchangers
• 18.3 Moving along a constant-temperature passage
• 18.4 Heat exchange between a hot stream and a cold stream
• 18.5 Log mean temperature difference
• 18.6 Heat exchanger effectiveness and number of transfer units
• Index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Ting, David Thermofluids

ISBN:

0-323-91455-1