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Convection in Porous Media

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Authors:
  1. Donald A. Nield

    1. Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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  2. Adrian Bejan

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, USA

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  • Recognized as the standard reference in the field
  • Includes a comprehensive, 350-page reference list
  • Cited over 5900 times to date in its various editions
  • Serves as an introduction for those entering the field and as a comprehensive reference for experienced researchers
  • Covers the latest developments in research on nanofluids and CO2 sequestration
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Mechanics of Fluid Flow Through a Porous Medium

    • Donald A. Nield, Adrian Bejan
    Pages 1-35

  3. Heat Transfer Through a Porous Medium

    • Donald A. Nield, Adrian Bejan
    Pages 37-55

  4. Mass Transfer in a Porous Medium: Multicomponent and Multiphase Flows

    • Donald A. Nield, Adrian Bejan
    Pages 57-84

  5. Forced Convection

    • Donald A. Nield, Adrian Bejan
    Pages 85-160

  6. External Natural Convection

    • Donald A. Nield, Adrian Bejan
    Pages 161-239

  7. Internal Natural Convection: Heating from Below

    • Donald A. Nield, Adrian Bejan
    Pages 241-361

  8. Internal Natural Convection: Heating from the Side

    • Donald A. Nield, Adrian Bejan
    Pages 363-437

  9. Mixed Convection

    • Donald A. Nield, Adrian Bejan
    Pages 439-471

  10. Double-Diffusive Convection

    • Donald A. Nield, Adrian Bejan
    Pages 473-537

  11. Convection with Change of Phase

    • Donald A. Nield, Adrian Bejan
    Pages 539-593

  12. Geophysical Aspects

    • Donald A. Nield, Adrian Bejan
    Pages 595-628

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 629-988
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About this book

This updated edition of a widely admired text provides a user-friendly introduction to the field that requires only routine mathematics. The book starts with the elements of fluid mechanics and heat transfer, and covers a wide range of applications from fibrous insulation and catalytic reactors to geological strata, nuclear waste disposal, geothermal reservoirs, and the storage of heat-generating materials. As the standard reference in the field, this book will be essential to researchers and practicing engineers, while remaining an accessible introduction for graduate students and others entering the field. The new edition features 2700 new references covering a number of rapidly expanding fields, including the heat transfer properties of nanofluids and applications involving local thermal non-equilibrium and microfluidic effects.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Donald A. Nield

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, USA

    Adrian Bejan

About the authors

Following five years of service in the Royal New Zealand Navy, Donald Nield has held an appointment at the University of Auckland since 1962, the first 24 years in the Department of Mathematics and the remainder in the Department of Engineering Science, where he is currently an Honorary Academic. He holds the degrees of BD (Otago), MSc (NZ), MA (Cambridge) and PhD (Auckland). He currently serves as an Associate Editor of the journal Transport in Porous Media.

Adrian Bejan earned all his degrees at M.I.T.: B.S. (1971, Honors Course), M.S. (1972, Honors Course) and Ph.D. (1975). His work is in engineering science, applied physics, and the Constructal Law of physics, which governs organization and evolution in nature. He is the author of 30 books and over 600 peer-refereed journal articles. In 2001 he was ranked among the 100 most-cited authors in all Engineering worldwide. He is a member of the Academy of Europe, and an honorary member of ASME. He was awarded 18 honorary doctorates from universities in 11 countries.

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