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R. W. Lewis, Ken Morgan, H. R. Thomas, K. N. Seetharamu

Heat transfer analysis is a problem of major significance in a vast range of industrial applications. These extend over the fields of mechanical engineering, aeronautical engineering, chemical engineering and numerous applications in civil and electrical ngineering. If one considers the heat conduction equation alone the number of practical problems amenable to solution is extensive. Expansion of the work to include features such as phase change, coupled heat and mass transfer, and thermal stress analysisprovides the engineer with the capability to address a further series of key engineering problems. The complexity of practical problems is such that closed form solutions are not generally possible. The use of numerical techniques to solve such problems i therefore considered essential, and this book presents the use of the powerful finite element method in heat transfer analysis. Starting with the fundamental general heat conduction equation, the book moves on to consider the...

This book deals with gas-phase nanoparticle synthesis and is intended for researchers and research students in nanomaterials science and engineering, condensed matter physics and chemistry, and aerosol science. Gas-phase nanoparticle synthesis is instrumental to nanotechnology?a field in current focus that raises hopes for environmentally benign, resource-lean manufacturing. Nanoparticles can be produced by many physical, chemical, and even biological routes. Gas-phase synthesis is particularly interesting since one can achieve accurate manufacturing control and hence industrial viability. Nanotechnology is popular today. However, basic scientific aspects of the relevant, underlying processes have not received sufficient attention. This book fills the gap in the current literature by addressing certain fundamentals of gas-phase nanoparticle synthesis. Chapters cover topics such as forces within and dynamics of nanoparticle systems, gas evaporation and deposition, laser assisted...

Roger G. Newton

It's not a scientific truth that has come into question lately but the truth--the very notion of scientific truth. Bringing a reasonable voice to the culture wars that have sprung up around this notion, this book offers a clear and constructive response to those who contend, in parodies, polemics and op-ed pieces, that there really is no such thing as verifiable objective truth--without which there could be no such thing as scientific authority. A distinguished physicist with a rare gift for making the most complicated scientific ideas comprehensible, Roger Newton gives us a guided tour of the intellectual structure of physical science. From there he conducts us through the understanding of reality engendered by modern physics, the most theoretically advanced of the sciences. With its firsthand look at models, facts, and theories, intuition and imagination, the use of analogies and metaphors, the importance of mathematics (and now, computers), and the "virtual" reality of the physics...

Dan Wei

This is a concise solid state physics textbook written for undergraduate students majoring in materials science, electronics, and physics. It clarifies the philosophy underlying the various branches of solid state physics, explores the exciting and original ideas of great scientists, demonstrates the significance of the neat assumptions in a theory by means of detailed mathematical computations, and exposes the complicated nature of solid state experiments. This book aims to guide students through a journey for the beauty amidst complexity, without missing the delicate thoughts contained in theories. The book covers the basic concepts, theories, and experiments about the structure of solids and their electrical, magnetic, thermal, sonic, and optical properties. It also traces the history of solid state physics and discusses chemical bond, crystal formation, lattice vibration, magnetism, and dielectric constant. A basic science textbook as it is, this book can also be of...

Dr. Hiroshi Ishikawa

Semiconductor–based Ultra–Fast All–Optical Signal Processing Devices –a key technology for the next generation of ultrahigh bandwidth optical communication systems! The introduction of ultra–fast communication systems based on all–optical signal processing is considered to be one of the most promising ways to handle the rapidly increasing global communication traffic. Such systems will enable real time super–high definition moving pictures such as high reality TV–conference, remote diagnosis and surgery, cinema entertainment and many other applications with small power consumption. The key issue to realize such systems is to develop ultra–fast optical devices such as light sources, all–optical gates and wavelength converters. Ultra–Fast All–Optical Signal Processing Devices discusses the state of the art development of semiconductor–based ultrafast all–optical devices, and their various signal processing applications for bit–rates 100Gb/s to 1Tb/s. ...

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In physics, spontaneous symmetry breaking occurs when a system that is symmetric with respect to some symmetry group goes into a vacuum state that is not symmetric. When that happens, the system no longer appears to behave in a symmetric manner. It is a phenomenon that naturally occurs in many situations. The symmetry group can be discrete, such as the space group of a crystal, or continuous, such as the rotational symmetry of space. However if the system contains only a single spatial dimension then only discrete symmetries may be broken in a vacuum state of the full quantum theory, although a classical solution may break a continuous symmetry.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This is a list of some of the major unsolved problems in physics. Some of these problems are theoretical, meaning that existing theories seem incapable of explaining a certain observed phenomenon or experimental result. The others are experimental, meaning that there is a difficulty in creating an experiment to test a proposed theory or investigate a phenomenon in greater detail. The following problems are either fundamental theoretical problems, or theoretical ideas which lack experimental evidence and are in search of one, or both, as most of them are. Some of these problems are strongly interrelated. For example, extra dimensions or supersymmetry may solve the hierarchy problem. It is thought that a full theory of quantum gravity should be capable of answering most of these problems (other than the Island of stability problem).

Claus Borgnakke

Thermodynamic and Transport Properties This paperback book/disk set provides a comprehensive collection of thermodynamic tables and transportation properties in an easily accessible format. Featuring both English and SI units, the program features new substances such as the latest refrigerants and fuels. A variety of combinations of properties can be used as input for the disk calculations. This easy–to–use, mouse–driven program offers graphing and printing capabilities. This Outstanding Resource: Features full thermodynamic tables for 25 substances including: water, various refrigerants, cryogenic fluids, and hydrocarbons. Tables include numerical values for equation of state constants and virial coefficients. Highlights transport properties for a variety of gases, liquids, and solids. Covers new substances, such as refrigerants (R–134a, R–123, and R–152a) and fuels (methane, ethane, and ethylene). Contains ideal gas tables with thermochemical properties and equilibrium constants....

Debabrata Basu

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Stafford Beer

The Stafford Beer Classic Library "Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the worlds most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writing is as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system I know." Dr Russell L Ackoff, The Institute for Interactive Management, Pennsylvania, USA. "If…anyone can make it [Operations Research] understandably readable and positively interesting it is Stafford Beer…everyone in management…should be grateful to him for using clear and at times elegant English and…even elegant diagrams." The Economist This is a highly original book both in content and format. It presents thirteen ‘arguments for change’, these are linked by a personal commentary, and by a deeper, ‘metalinguistic’, commentary. Platform for Change is completely self-contained, does not deal at all with the nature of viable systems, but is directed towards the hope that our planet may yet...