Introduction to Transport Phenomena in Materials Engineering [Facsimile] [Paperback]

David R. Gaskell (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0023407204 | ISBN-13: 978-0023407208 | Publication Date: November 25, 1991 | Edition: 1

This introduction to transport phenomena in materials engineering balances an explanation of the fundamentals governing fluid flow and the transport of heat and mass with their common applications to specific systems in materials engineering. It introduces the influences of properties and geometry on fluid flow using familiar fluids such as air and water. Covers topics such as engineering units and pressure in static fluids; momentum transport and laminar flow of Newtonian fluids; equations of continuity and conservation of momentum and fluid flow past submerged objects; turbulent flow; mechanical energy balance and its application to fluid flow; transport of heat by conduction; transport of heat by convection; transient heat flow; heat transport by thermal radiation; mass transport in the solid state by diffusion; mass transport in fluids. Includes extensive appendices.

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This introduction to transport phenomena in materials engineering balances an explanation of the fundamentals governing fluid flow and the transport of heat and mass with common applications of these fundamentals to specific systems in materials engineering.

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This introduction to transport phenomena in materials engineering balances an explanation of the fundamentals governing fluid flow and the transport of heat and mass with their common applications to specific systems in materials engineering. It introduces the influences of properties and geometry on fluid flow using familiar fluids such as air and water. Covers topics such as engineering units and pressure in static fluids; momentum transport and laminar flow of Newtonian fluids; equations of continuity and conservation of momentum and fluid flow past submerged objects; turbulent flow; mechanical energy balance and its application to fluid flow; transport of heat by conduction; transport of heat by convection; transient heat flow; heat transport by thermal radiation; mass transport in the solid state by diffusion; mass transport in fluids. Includes extensive appendices.

Product Details

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (November 25, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0023407204
• ISBN-13: 978-0023407208
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, unless you have to, February 23, 2011

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This review is from: Introduction to Transport Phenomena in Materials Engineering (Paperback)

I was required to buy this text for class. The concepts are easy to follow but none of Gaskell's books seem to worth anything. The only reason he's still in print (I think) is because there are so few Metallurgical engineering authors out there.

1st: the index is terrible. utterly useless.

2nd: the equations are very dissorganized and the overall flow within the chapters are very dissarayed.

3rd: the examples in the chapter help you none whatsoever with the end of chapter problems.

4th: the binding is very poor quality. I bought this book new and withing 2 months some of the pages are hanging on by a thread.

Even my professor does not like this book. We ended up only using it for homework, everything elese my professor used his own notes. I would not get this book if you need a reference, but if it's required for class, good luck to you. I'm sure that there is another text out there that's much more respectable.