Towards Mesoscience The Principle of Compromise in Competition /

• Main Authors: Li, Jinghai (Author), Huang, Wenlai (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Chemical engineering.; Fluid mechanics.; Materials science.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Materials Science, general.

This brief is devoted to providing a complete outline of meso-science by briefing the relevant contents from the published book and by updating evidences and concepts of meso-science. The importance of meso-science in solving various problems in energy, resource, and the environment is introduced. ...

Table of Contents:

• Background: Correlating Microscale and Macroscale
• The EMMS Principle: Compromise between Competing Dominant Mechanisms
• Verification and Application of the EMMS Principle
• Extension and Generalization of the EMMS Principle
• The EMMS principle in Virtual Process Engineering
• Towards Mesoscience
• Perspectives of Mesoscience.