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Dynamics of Combustion Systems

A K Oppenheim 
Springer  2006  



Hardcover  XVIII, 359 p., 224 illus  ISBN 3540326065      £84.00
This book explains how combustion systems can be defined as confined fields of compressible fluids where exothermic processes of combustion take place, subject to boundary conditions imposed at its borders.

Contents

Part 1. Exothermicity - considering the thermodynamic effects due to evolution of exothermic energy in a combustion system

  • Chapter 1 Thermodynamic Aspects
  • Chapter 2. Evolutionary Aspects
  • Chapter 3. Heat Transfer Aspects
  • Chapter 4. Chemical Kinetic Aspects

Part 2. Field - exposing the dynamic properties of flow fields where the exothermic energy is deposited

  • Chapter 5 Aerodynamic Aspects
  • Chapter 6. Random Vortex Method
  • Chapter 7. Gasdynamic Aspects
  • Chapter 8. Gasdynamic Fronts

Part 3. Explosions - revealing the dynamic features of fields and fronts due to rapid deposition of exothermic energy

  • Chapter 9. Blast Wave Theory
  • Chapter 10. Self-Similar Solution
  • Chapter 11. Phase Space Method
  • Chapter 12. Detonation
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