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Zusatztext "The authors have done an excellent job in providing a clear! concise and well-presented description of the entropy-based design of fluid engineering systems . . . up-to-date references." -Kedar N. Shukla! in Zentralblatt Math! 2009 Informationen zum Autor Greg F. Naterer, Jose A. Camberos Klappentext Entropy is key to performance in engineering technologies. This book provides an overview of this design tool and its applications in such areas as microfluidics and microdevices. It develops computational and experimental methods for finding regions of high entropy production rates. Zusammenfassung Entropy is key to performance in engineering technologies. This book provides an overview of this design tool and its applications in such areas as microfluidics and microdevices. It develops computational and experimental methods for finding regions of high entropy production rates. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionIntroductionGoverning Equations of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Mathematical Properties of Entropy and Exergy Governing Equations of Entropy and the Second Law Formulation of Entropy Production and Exergy DestructionStatistical and Numerical Formulations of the Second Law IntroductionConservation Laws as Moments of the Boltzmann EquationExtended Probability DistributionsSelected Multivariate Probability Distribution FunctionsConcave Entropy FunctionsStatistical Formulation of the Second LawNumerical Formulation of the Second LawPredicted Irreversibilities of Incompressible FlowsIntroduction Entropy Transport Equation for Incompressible FlowsFormulation of Loss Coefficients with Entropy Production Upper Entropy Bounds in Closed Systems Case Study of Automotive Fuel Cell Design Case Study of Fluid Machinery DesignMeasured Irreversibilities of Incompressible FlowsIntroduction Experimental Techniques of Irreversibility Measurement Case Study of Magnetic Stirring Tank Design Case Study of Natural Convection in Cavities Measurement Uncertainties Entropy Production in Microfluidic SystemsIntroduction Pressure-Driven Flow in Microchannels Applied Electric Field in Microchannels Micropatterned Surfaces with Open Microchannels Numerical Error Indicators and the Second Law Introduction Discretization Errors of Numerical Convection SchemesPhysical Plausibility of Numerical Results Entropy Difference in Residual Error Indicators Numerical Stability and the Second LawIntroduction Stability Norms Entropy Stability of Finite Difference Schemes Stability of Shock Capturing Methods Entropy Transport with Phase Change Heat TransferIntroduction Entropy Transport Equations for Solidification and Melting Heat and Entropy Analogies in Phase Change Processes Numerical Stability of Phase Change Computations Thermal Control of Phase Change with Inverse MethodsEntropy Production with Film Condensation Entropy Production in Turbulent FlowsIntroduction Reynolds Averaged Entropy Transport EquationsEddy Viscosity Models of Mean Entropy ProductionTurbulence Modeling with the Second Law ...
