Applications of Heat, Mass and Fluid Boundary Layers

Applications of Heat, Mass and Fluid Boundary Layers brings together the latest research on boundary layers where there has been remarkable advancements in recent years. This book highlights relevant concepts and solutions to energy issues and environmental sustainability by combining fundamental theory on boundary layers with real-world industrial applications from, among others, the thermal, nuclear and chemical industries. The book's editors and their team of expert contributors discuss many core themes, including advanced heat transfer fluids and boundary layer analysis, physics of fluid motion and viscous flow, thermodynamics and transport phenomena, alongside key methods of analysis such as the Merk-Chao-Fagbenle method.

This book’s multidisciplinary coverage will give engineers, scientists, researchers and graduate students in the areas of heat, mass, fluid flow and transfer a thorough understanding of the technicalities, methods and applications of boundary layers, with a unified approach to energy, climate change and a sustainable future.

Presents up-to-date research on boundary layers with very practical applications across a diverse mix of industriesIncludes mathematical analysis to provide detailed explanation and clarityProvides solutions to global energy issues and environmental sustainability

1. Physics of Fluid Motion, Compressible Flows, and Heat Transfer
2. Mechanics of Fluids, Heat Transfer and Boundary Layers
3. Boundary Layer Equations in Fluid Dynamics
4. Overview of the Merk-Chao-Fagbenle Method of Boundary Layers and Applications
5. The Spectral-Homotopy Analysis Method (SHAM) for Solutions of Boundary Layer Problems
6. Review of Non-Newtonian Boundary Layer Transfer
7. A New Numerical Approach to MHD Mixed Convection Flow
8. On a Selection of Convective Boundary Layer Flow Problems
9. The Bivariate Spectral Quasilinearization Method for Nonlinear Boundary Layer Partial Differential Equations
10. Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in Rotating Elliptic Coolant Channels
11. Advanced Fluids
12. Thermodynamics (Entropy Generation) of Boundary Layer Flows
13. Applications of Boundary Layer Research in Energy Systems and Implications for Climate Change