The Encyclopedia of Thermal Stresses is an important interdisciplinary reference work. In addition to topics on thermal stresses, it contains entries on related topics, such as the theory of elasticity, heat conduction, thermodynamics, appropriate topics on applied mathematics, and topics on numerical methods. The Encyclopedia is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and engineers. It brings together well established knowledge and recently received results. All entries were prepared by leading experts from all over the world, and are presented in an easily accessible format. The work is lavishly illustrated, examples and applications are given where appropriate, ideas for further development abound, and the work will challenge many students and researchers to pursue new results of their own. This work can also serve as a one-stop resource for all who need succinct, concise, reliable and up to date information in short encyclopedic entries, while the extensive references will be of interest to those who need further information. For the coming decade, this is likely to remain the most extensive and authoritative work on Thermal Stresses.

Now in its eighth edition, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics continues to offer a comprehensive and rigorous treatment of classical thermodynamics, while retaining an engineering perspective. With concise, applications-oriented discussion of topics and self-test problems the text encourages students to monitor their own comprehension. The eighth edition is updated with additional examples and end-of-chapter problems to increase student understanding. In addition, front-end Learning Objectives have been added.The text lays the groundwork for subsequent studies in fields such as fluid mechanics, heat transfer and statistical thermodynamics, and prepares students to effectively apply thermodynamics in the practice of engineering.

The book contains invited lectures from the International Symposium on the Anisotropic Behaviour of Damaged Materials, held in Krakow, Poland, September 9-11, 2002. Eminent researchers and world experts in the field of damage mechanics report recent achievements and state-of-the-art results in the field. The book deals with the anisotropic damage mechanics involving micromechanical aspects and thermo-mechanical coupling. The contents are both of academic interest and relevant for practical applications, especially those concerning more advanced anisotropic models of materials and the transition from the microscopic to the macroscopic level.

Combustion, the process of burning, is defined as a chemical reaction between a combustible reactant (the fuel) and an oxidizing agent (such as air) in order to produce heat and in most cases light while new chemical species (e.g., flue gas components) are formed. This book covers a gap on the market by providing a concise introduction to combustion. Most of the other books currently available are targeted towards the experienced users and contain too many details and/or contain knowledge at a fairly high level. This book provides a brief and clear overview of the combustion basics, suitable for beginners and then focuses on practical aspects, rather than theory, illustrated by a number of industrial applications as examples. The content is aimed to provide a general understanding of the various concepts, techniques and equipment for students at all level as well as practitioners with little or no prior experience in the field. The authors are all international experts in the field of combustion technology and adopt here a clear didactic style with many practical examples to cover the most common solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. The associated environmental impacts are also discussed so that readers can develop an understanding of the major issues and the options available for more sustainable combustion processes. With a foreword by Katharina Kohse-Hoinghaus

This excellent and novel scientific work has given an area of key research a significant step forward. The systematic documentation of the approach to describing phase transitions will facilitate further applications of the theory to important problems. | A thermodynamically consistent description of the transport across interfaces in mixtures has for a long time been an open issue. This research clarifies that the interface between a liquid and a vapor in a mixture is in local equilibrium during evaporation and condensation. It implies that the thermodynamics developed for interfaces by Gibbs can be applied also away from equilibrium, which is typically the case in reality. A description of phase transitions is of great importance for the understanding of both natural and industrial processes. For example, it is relevant for the understanding of the increase of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere, or improvements of efficiency in distillation columns. This excellent work of luminescent scientific novelty has brought this area a significant step forward. The systematic documentation of the approach will facilitate further applications of the theoretical framework to important problems.

Thermodynamics: an engineering approach 10e es un libro del autor Cengel editado por MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION (UK). Thermodynamics: an engineering approach 10e tiene un código de ISBN 978-1-266-15211-5.

This book provides a comprehensive basics-to-advanced course in an aero-thermal science vital to the design of engines for either type of craft. The text classifies engines powering aircraft and single/multi-stage rockets, and derives performance parameters for both from basic aerodynamics and thermodynamics laws. Each type of engine is analyzed for optimum performance goals, and mission-appropriate engines selection is explained. Fundamentals of Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion provides information about and analyses of: * thermodynamic cycles of shaft engines (piston, turboprop, turboshaft and propfan); * jet engines (pulsejet, pulse detonation engine, ramjet, scramjet, turbojet and turbofan); * chemical and non-chemical rocket engines; * conceptual design of modular rocket engines (combustor, nozzle and turbopumps); and * conceptual design of different modules of aero-engines in their design and off-design state. Aimed at graduate and final-year undergraduate students, this textbook provides a thorough grounding in the history and classification of both aircraft and rocket engines, important design features of all the engines detailed, and particular consideration of special aircraft such as unmanned aerial and short/vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. End-of-chapter exercises make this a valuable student resource, and the provision of a downloadable solutions manual will be of further benefit for course instructors.

This introductory text treats thermodynamics as an incomplete description of quantum systems with many degrees of freedom. Its main goal is to show that the approach to equilibrium - with equilibrium characterized by maximum ignorance about the open system of interest - neither requires that many particles nor is the precise way of partitioning, relevant for the salient features of equilibrium and equilibration. Furthermore, the text depicts that it is indeed quantum effects that are at work in bringing about thermodynamic behavior of modest-sized open systems, thus making Von Neumann's concept of entropy appear much more widely useful than sometimes feared, far beyond truly macroscopic systems in equilibrium. This significantly revised and expanded second edition pays more attention to the growing number of applications, especially non-equilibrium phenomena and thermodynamic processes of the nano-domain. In addition, to improve readability and reduce unneeded technical details, a large portion of this book has been thoroughly rewritten.

Rasgos más significativos de esta nueva edición:Método de resolución de problemas. La solución de un problema ejemplo consiste generalmente de cinco partes: datos, incógnitas, modelo, metodología y análisis. El apartado de metodología pide al estudiante que esboce con palabras una secuencia de pasos para resolver el problema antes de comenzar el análisis. En todos los ejemplos aparece un modelo de cuatro o cinco pasos que es el apropiado a lo largo del texto. Un esquema del sistema incluye los datos importantes suministrados, y la frontera del sistema se señala con una línea discontinua.Convenio de signos para el trabajo y el calor. Una de las constantes en este texto a lo largo de los años ha sido el utilizar un convenio o criterio de signos consistente para las interacciones de trabajo y calor, esto es, se consideran positivas las interacciones calor y trabajo cuando las recibe el sistema, y así se escriben en la ecuación del balance de energía.Producción de entropía y la segunda ley de la Termodinámica. Se ha aumentado el uso de la ecuación del balance de la entropía como una herramienta para la resolución de problemas. Se da más relieve a la introducción posterior de la producción (generación) de entropía. Para complementar el modelo clásico basado en el postulado de Kelvin-Planck de la segunda ley, los autores han incluido un apartado con un desarrollo alternativo de la segunda ley basado en un planteamiento con postulados.Ayudas al aprendizaje. Todas las ecuaciones básicas y otras relaciones importantes se encuentran recuadradas con objeto de resaltarlas, y los términos fundamentales aparecen en letra negrita cuando se definen. Además del análisis en el texto, se resaltan conceptos importantes mediante notas al margen, así como observaciones o preguntas. Estas preguntas se han dirigido a ser utilizadas como discusión en clase. Por último, al final de cada capítulo se ha añadido un breve resumen que contiene las ecuaciones fundamentales y las relaciones entre propiedades desarrolladas en cada tema. En los resúmenes no aparecen las ecuaciones