Thermal Engineering Fundamentals and Fluid Mechanics

Author: Yu Lan
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book includes three parts: Engineering Thermodynamics, Engineering Fluid Mechanics, and Heat Transfer. Its main contents include: thermodynamic properties of gases, fundamental laws of thermodynamics, steam and moist air, flow of gases and steam, steam power cycles, basic physical properties of fluids, fluid statics, fundamentals of fluid dynamics, energy losses in the flow of viscous fluids in pipes, an overview of boundary layers, an overview of the basic modes of heat transfer, conduction, convective heat transfer, heat radiation and radiation heat transfer, heat transfer processes and heat exchangers. This book can be used as a textbook for students transferring to majors such as Thermal Engineering Control and Automation, Power Plant Chemistry, Thermal Engineering Measurement Instruments, Building Environment and Equipment Engineering, and Environmental Engineering in higher education institutions. It can also serve as teaching material for short-term training courses and training programs in energy and power, as well as a reference book for engineering and technical personnel.