Thermal-fluid sciences
Subtitle: an integrated approach
By: Stephen R. Turns.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1176
ISBN-13: 9780521850438
Subjects: Thermodynamics; Gas flow; Heat -- Transmission
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings; title: Properties, property relationships & processes; title: Mass conservation; title: Energy and energy transfer; title: Conservation of energy; title: Conservation of linear momentum; title: Second law of thermodynamics and some of its consequences; title: Similitude and dimensionless parameters; title: External flows : friction, drag, & heat transfer; title: Internal flows : friction, pressure drop, & heat transfer; title: Thermal-fluid analysis of steady-flow devices; title: Systems for power production, propulsion, heating, & cooling.