Mathematical modeling in science and engineering : an axiomatic approach /

• Main Authors: Herrera, Ismael (Author), Pinder, George Francis, 1942- (Author)
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2012]
• Subjects: System analysis > Mathematical models.; Science > Mathematical models.; Engineering > Mathematical models.; Technology and engineering > Engineering (General); Science.; Mathematics.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General); Electronic books.

"Mathematical and computational modeling (MCM) can be used in a diverse set of applications making it a very appealing and potent modeling tool. This book uses a novel and powerful procedural approach to teaching MCM, the Axiomatic Approach, which permits incorporating in a single model, system...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Axiomatic Formulation of the Basic Models
• Mechanics of Classical Continuous Systems
• Mechanics of Non-Classical Continuous Systems
• Solute Transport by a Free Fluid
• Flow of a Fluid in a Porous Medium
• Solute Transport in a Porous Medium
• Multiphase Systems
• Enhanced Oil Recovery
• Linear Elasticity
• Fluid Mechanics
• Appendix A: Partial Differential Equations
• Appendix B: Some Results from the Calculus
• Appendix C: Proof of Theorem
• Appendix D: The Boundary Layer Incompressibility Approximation
• Appendix E: Indicial Notation
• Index.