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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Peter Childs, BSc.(Hons), D.Phil, C.Eng, F.I.Mech.E., FASME, FRSA (Professorial Lead in Engineering Design, Co-Director Energy Futures Lab, Imperial College London, UK)Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.720kg ISBN: 9780128102121ISBN 10: 0128102128 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 19 August 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface Nomenclature 1 Introduction to Rotating Flow 2 Laws of motion 3 Vorticity and Rotation 4 Discs 5 Rotating Cylinders, Annuli and Spheres 6 Rotating cavities 7 Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations Appendix A: Air properties Appendix B: Selected mathematical relationships Appendix C: GlossaryReviewsIn the book, real engineering applications and natural examples are provided and design-oriented correlations of bulk parameters are frequently given throughout the book...I recommend this book for those graduate students who want a thorough theoretical and modelling foundation in the topic of rotating flow. --Contemporary Physics, December 19, 2012 ""In the book, real engineering applications and natural examples are provided and design-oriented correlations of bulk parameters are frequently given throughout the book…I recommend this book for those graduate students who want a thorough theoretical and modelling foundation in the topic of rotating flow.""--Contemporary Physics, December 19, 2012 In the book, real engineering applications and natural examples are provided and design-oriented correlations of bulk parameters are frequently given throughout the book I recommend this book for those graduate students who want a thorough theoretical and modelling foundation in the topic of rotating flow. -- Contemporary Physics, December 19, 2012 Author InformationPeter Childs, FREng, is the Professorial Lead in Engineering Design and Innovation Design Engineering. He is Professor at Large, Co-Director of the Energy Futures Lab, and was Founding Head of the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London. His general interests include creativity, innovation, design, fluid flow and heat transfer, energy and robotics. Prior to his current post at Imperial, he was director of the Rolls-Royce supported University Technology Centre for Aero-Thermal Systems, director of InQbate and professor at the University of Sussex. He has contributed to over 200 refereed journal and conference papers, and several books including the Handbook on Mechanical Design Engineering (Elsevier, 2013, 2019) as well as temperature measurements and rotating flow. He has been principal or co-investigator on contracts totaling over £100 million. He is Editor of the Journal of Power and Energy, Professor of Excellence at MD-H, Berlin, and Chairperson at BladeBUG Ltd and Founder Director and Chairperson at QBot Ltd. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |