Research Catalog

Title

Latent heat transfer : an introduction to fundamentals / G.S.H. Lock.

Author

Lock, G. S. H.

Publication

Oxford, [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Description

xxi, 288 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Oxford engineering science series ; 43

Uniform Title

Oxford engineering science series ; 43.

Subjects

• Fusion, Latent heat of
• Heat > Transmission
• Evaporation, Latent heat of

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction. 1.1. Early history of latent heat. 1.2. Calorimetry: the measure of heat. 1.3. Enthalpy, energy, and structure. 1.4. Interfaces. 1.5. Origin and significance of latent heat transfer problems. 1.6. Normalization and scale analysis. 1.7. Purpose and scope -- 2. Thermodynamics. 2.1. The behaviour of continua. 2.2. Surface energy, surface tension, and wetting. 2.3. Growth at the interface. 2.4. Thermodynamic surfaces. 2.5. The Clapeyron equation. 2.6. Systemic stability. 2.7. Nucleation -- 3. The Dynamics of Heterogeneous Fluids. 3.1. Smooth laminar films. 3.2. Smooth turbulent films. 3.3. Interfacial stability. 3.4. The formation and motion of drops and bubbles. 3.5. Collective behaviour of bubbles and drops. 3.6. The effects of confining walls -- 4. Solidification and Fluidification. 4.1. Scale analysis and the Stefan problem. 4.2. Simple Stefan problems. 4.3. The Neumann method. 4.4. Supercooling and its effects. 4.5. Thermal fabrication: casting and welding.
• 4.6. Ablation, deposition, and accretion -- 5. Condensation. 5.1. The formation of drops and films. 5.2. Scale analysis and the Nusselt problem. 5.3. External condensation on smooth films. 5.4. The role of the vapour. 5.5. The role of the interface. 5.6. Condensation in tubes -- 6. Evaporation. 6.1. Inverse Nusselt problems. 6.2. Pool boiling. 6.3. Boiling in liquid films. 6.4. Boiling in and around tubes -- 7. Direct Contact Processes. 7.1. Condensation and evaporation domains. 7.2. Direct condensation. 7.3. Direct evaporation. 7.4. Direct crystallization. 7.5. Combustion of condensed phases -- 8. Worked Examples.

ISBN

0198562853 :

LCCN

94011638

OCLC

• 30074392
• ocm30074392

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