Synopses & Reviews
While courses in materials processing cover modeling, they usually treat one particular class of materials, that is, polymers, metals, or ceramics. This text offers a new approach, presenting an integrated treatment of metallic and nonmetallic materials. The authors show that a common base of knowledge--specifically, the fundamentals of heat transfer and fluid mechanics--provides a unifying theme for these seemingly disparate areas. They emphasize understanding basic physical phenomena and knowing how to include them in a model. Students will learn how to use scaling analysis as a general tool for simplifying models and for obtaining rapid estimates of results. The book also includes selected numerical methods, a wealth of practical, realistic examples, and homework exercises.
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"Dantzig and Tucker's much-needed book fills a gap in the engineering library....A must-have for professional engineers, graduate students, and research workers in the area of materials processing." Choice
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"Highly recommended." B. Platzer, Zeitschrift fÜr Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik"Dantzig and Tucker's much-needed book fills a gap in the engineering library....A must-have for professional engineers, graduate students, and research workers in the area of materials processing." Choice
Synopsis
Presenting a treatment of modeling in materials processing, integrating metallic and non-metallic materials.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Governing equations; 3. Scaling and model simplification; 4. Heat conduction and materials processing; 5. Isothermal Newtonian fluid flow; 6. Non-Newtonian fluid flow; 7. Heat transfer with fluid flow; 8. Mass transfer and solidification microstructures; Appendix A. Mathematical background; Appendix B. Balance and kinematic equations.