Books in the Oxford Engineering Science Series series

This text presents scientific aspects of combustion from a fundamental viewpoint. It addresses scientifically literate readers who have not specialized in combustion. Central topics are discussed, notably diffusion flames, deflagrations, detonations, flammability and explosions.

This is the first book which treats latent transfer comprehensively. It is designed for engineering graduate students who will later be required to work in industrial or environmental settings where latent heat transfer is important. The book provides a fundamental treatment of such topics as boiling, condensation, melting and solidification.

The tubular thermosyphon is a simple idea for transferring heat but its operating details are complex and change dramatically with circumstances. The length and diameter of the tube, the nature and state of the fluid, the strength and variation of the body force all create different operating characteristics. This book deals with these variations.

The behaviour of the ground on which structures are built during earthquake conditions is crucial to understanding the behaviour of those structures. The properties of soil under dynamic loading are the central theme of this book. Liquefaction of sandy soils and slope failures are particularly studied.

This monograph deals with the theoretical aspects of the circuit modelling of high-frequency electromagnetic structures using the Lorentz reciprocity theorem. A novel approach to an important and topical area of electronics is set out here, and each section is illustrated with numerical examples. The author was awarded the IEEE Microwave Prize for part of the work discussed in this book.

This book presents computational techniques for machine vision necessary for building intelligent machines which can understand the environment by vision.

The direct simulation Monte Carlo (or DSMC) method has become widely used for engineering and scientific studies of gas flows that involve low densities or very small physical dimensions. This book is developed from first principles and has been extended to cover the new models and procedures.

This monograph presents a new approach to the continuum modelling of systems with an internal microstructure, based on the description of the free energy and energy-dissipative processes.

This new title leads readers step-by-step through the transition from subsonic to supersonic flow, and will help them develop an understanding of the complex theoretical principles involved. The work provides complete information on the fundamentals as well as matters of increasing complexity demonstrating the logic behind the computer analysis that is a necessary part of such a study.

This reference is intended for mathematicians, scientists and engineers studying dynamical systems. Dynamics is viewed as an iteration process where the output of a function is fed back as input to determine the evolution in time of the initial state. Errors which may arise are incorporated.

Numerical simulation of manufacturing processes, and its integration into the design cycle, are the dual themes of this book. The computational method of choice here is the boundary element method (BEM). Detailed discussions of forming, casting, machining and grinding process modelling are included in this book.

A study of internal flow theory and its application to practical devices, which includes specialized theoretical material in each of the chapters. Worked examples are provided in addition to exercise problems. The text is designed specifically for postgraduate students and engineers.

Many diverse materials, from man-made plastics to slurry, behave in ways that cannot be predicted using straightforward 'classical' equations. This book seeks to describe and quantify these behaviours for use in industry. There is an emphasis on the practical solution of problems using computer methods, and on the correlation between theory and experimental work.

This book describes how self-consistent CAD circuit models for coupled lines, carrying either TEM or hybrid modes, can be obtained from a full-wave solution of Maxwell's equations and explores the full-wave integral equation solution for basic transmission structures on MMICs, PCBs, and Multiwire R and Microwire R boards with the method of moments.

Providing insight into cosmic, terrestrial and artificially-created explosions and blast-wave phenomena, this monograph discusses the properties, as well as the analytical and physical characteristics, of planar, cylindrical and spherical blast waves.

This book treats the problems of cavitations, the formation of bubbles in a liquid or gas. Cavitation is an interdisciplinary field of fluid dynamics and involves the basic structure of liquids and liquid-gas solutions and of phase changes between them.

Looking at fluid turbulence from the point of view of engineering science and physics, this work presents an integrated treatise on the nature of the physics of fluid turbulence as a universal phenomena with a universal behaviour.

Elasticity is a property of materials which returns them to their original shape after forces applied to change the shape have been removed. This advanced text explores the problems of composite or anisotropic materials and their elasticity.

Robot arms are now found in many manufacturing plants. The mechanical construction of these arms is well understood, but their very dexterity makes the problem of their efficient control a considerable one. This book concerns itself with the theory and practise of these control problems.

Heat transfer phenomena involving boiling and condensation are an important aspect of engineering in the power and process industries. This book (first published in 1987) is aimed at final year undergraduates and graduate students in mechanical or chemical engineering and deals with these phenomena in detail. Now published in paperback, the book contains a new problems section.

This work presents an account of some of the fundamental aspects of liquid-liquid extraction technology together with an account of extraction processes in a number of important industries. Extraction techniques for specific applications are illustrated with reference to the hydrometallurgical, nuclear, pharmaceutical, and food industries.

Part of a two-volume work providing an account of aspects of liquid-liquid extraction technology, as well as extraction processes in a number of industries. This volume discusses such topics as the thermodynamics of phase equilibria, mass transfer, plug flow analysis and axial dispersion.

This book is written as a comprehensive reference on two-phase flows, boiling, and condensation. It deals with methods for estimating two-phase flow pressure drops and heat transfer rates. It is a well-known reference book and is also used as a text for advanced university courses.