Transport Phenomena

by R. Byron Bird, Warren E. Stewart, Edwin N. Lightfoot

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470115394

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Book Description

Careful attention is paid to the presentation of the basic theory.

• Enhanced sections throughout text provide much firmer foundation than the first edition.
• Literature citations are given throughout for reference to additional material.

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Transport Phenomena has been revised to include deeper and more extensive coverage of heat transfer, enlarged discussion of dimensional analysis, a new chapter on flow of polymers, systematic discussions of convective momentum,and energy. Topics also include mass transport, momentum transport and energy transport, which are presented at three different scales: molecular, microscopic and macroscopic. If this is your first look at Transport Phenomena you'll quickly learn that its balanced introduction to the subject of transport phenomena is the foundation of its long-standing success.

One of the fundamental engineering sciences, the study of transport phenomena has applications in a number of emerging fields, such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, and polymer science. While not aiming to be a comprehensive treatment of the subject, this text presents enough material for both an introductory and an advanced course. The second edition features new coverage on a number of topics, including Taylor dispersion, angular momentum conservation, and matrix methods for multicomponent mass transfer.

The publisher, John Wiley & Sons

Treats momentum transport (viscous flow), energy transport (heat conduction, convection, and radiation), and mass transport (diffusion). All topics are organized around the ``equations of change'': the equations of motion, energy, and continuity.

Customer Reviews

This is undoubtedly a classic! More than a classic, I would say, it is a forerunner of a new branch of teaching and analyzing the engineering reality. Why than my low rating? I always was of the opinion that the mathematical formalism used by the authors is confusing and even restrictive. The consequent use of the "nabla" operator created also a new generation of "nabla"-engineers! I am sorry to say that the new edition has changed nothing to the point.

This is a good book actually. Explainations are deep and detailed. But symbols used are not usual, classic, and sometimes make me lazy to read. No wonder some reviewers gave bad impressions about the book. For beginners and mathematics-unbased people, this book is not recommended.

The first edition of this book was published in 1960, and was an absolute classic in the field of heat and mass transfer and viscous flow. I had given up on getting it, since it was so old, when this 2nd edition came out. It's a good graduate level text, very readable and usable with a wealth of solutions for real world problems. Take the opportunity to get this book before it goes out of print again.

I used this book in my undergraduation at Univesity of Campinas (Brasil). This is the most important book of Transport Phenomena of the World. Only this book of Transport Phenomena is used in classrom by studants of all the world.It is the UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT PHENOMENA BOOK, it is the BIBLE OF TRANSPORT PHENOMENA. For me, it was easy to read and understand, was good study this book.

NOTE #1: Have a person who likes the book to tell you where the relevant material is located. Good book only after hours of concentration. The BSL makes large jumps, so be ready. It is an 'old school' book; most of the time the author is performing unnecessary mathematics (the computers ablity has changed alot). I prefer more physical application.

This is one of the few MUST HAVE books for Chemical Engineers doing process engineering. When I travel (for work) I always take "Transport Phenomena" (aka BSL), The GPA Databook and "Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers". When all the simple solutions to a problem have been exhausted, I pull out BSL, find an end-chapter problem similar to my own and work from there.

A Practical Tip: The best thing to do with "Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers" is to carefuly remove the binding and put it into a 3-hole notebook (e.g., the GPA databook) and then file all the classic process design articles with the appropriate chapters.

This's THE textbook in the subject and no other book has come even close to taking its place. However, this book was written in late 50's and even though the material is still very much relevant, the presentation is definitely not very good. There're a lot of concepts which need precise and lucid explanations. To give an example, the discussion on curvilinear coordinates fails to explain properly the origin of the so-called "unusual" terms in N-S eqns. Also, the idea of jump conditions has not been given good treatment. It'd be great to use the so-called "integral" approach rather than the "differential" approach to derive the relevant eqns, at least for its elegance.

However, the subject is so vast that each reader often develops his/her own way of understanding and appreciating it. It's a daunting task to write a book on this subject that would cater to most of, if not all the readers. That way this book, representing one of the earliest and extremely valuable attempts, will remain a classic.

The problems at the end of chapters deserve special mention. They're an excellent collection and any student who sincerely works all of them will have a thorough understanding of the basics and can appreciate the subject's nuances and beauties very well.

This book is like a bible of transport phenomea

This is classical textbook for all ChE. It shows incradibly insight in unified approach for fluid mech and heat and mass transf. However, for me, I think this one is too classical for undergrad student now. Anyway, there is no the other books in field , which can compare to this one (I have been waiting also).

The book gives a very in depth look at transport phenomena. A reader who understands this information will have no trouble at simpler subjects such as mass and heat transfer. A must for Chemical Engineers but would recommend the use of a good professor.