Dynamic programming and partial differential equations : Edward Angel and Richard Bellman. 204 pages, diagrams, 6x9 in. New York, Academic Press, 1971. Price $11.50 (approx. £4·40). £4·40).
✍ Scribed by J.Nestor Distefano
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Volume
- 296
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Reviews role of dimensional analysis in transport processes; but the Theodore presentation is somewhat less detailed in this regard. A puzzling omission in both books is a list of references (references are footnoted in Transfer Operations). Beyond that already mentioned, a major difference between the texts is one of mood. Transfer Operations maintains a practice-oriented flavor throughout. For example, many photographs are included depicting actual hardware; these serve to emphasize to the student that his ultimate objective is "real-world" applications. On the other hand, the Theodore text, with its emphasis on vector-tensor notation (more about this later), integral theorems and the like, seldom reminds the reader that the material being presented has usefulness outside the classroom. A notable exception to this, however, is a fairly good chapter on simultaneous momentum, energy and mass transfer. Also, it should be noted in this regard that a number of computer-centered illustrations are to be found in Transport Phenomena for Engineers while these are difficult to find in the more "practical" Transfer Operations. Transfer Operations can be divided into four approximately equal parts. Chapters l-4 are introductory in nature, providing information on the macroscopic balances for mass, energy, momentum and on dimensional analysis. Momentum transfer serves as the focus of the second part: Chaps. 5-7. The third part, Chaps. S-10, concerns heat transfer. The concluding portion of the book treats mass transfer: Chaps. 11-13.