The Pi-Theorem Applications to Fluid Mechanics and Heat and Mass Transfer /

• Main Author: Yarin, L.P (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Experimental Fluid Mechanics ; 1
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer mathematics.; Fluids.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Fluid mechanics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.

This volume presents applications of the Pi-Theorem to fluid mechanics and heat and mass transfer. The Pi-theorem yields a physical motivation behind many flow processes and therefore it constitutes a valuable tool for the intelligent planning of experiments in fluids. After a short introduction to...

Table of Contents:

• Basics of the dimensional analysis
• Application of the Pi-theorem to establish self-similarity and reduce partial differential equations to the ordinary ones
• Drag force acting on a body moving in viscous fluid
• Laminar flows in channels and pipes
• Jet flows
• Heat and mass transfer
• Turbulence
• Combustion processes.