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| Preface | p. xiii |
| List of Symbols | p. xix |
| Diffusive Fluxes and Material Properties | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Basic Constitutive Equations | p. 2 |
| Diffusivities for Energy, Species, and Momentum | p. 7 |
| Magnitudes of Transport Coefficients | p. 8 |
| Molecular Interpretation of Transport Coefficients | p. 13 |
| Limitations on Length and Time Scales | ... MORE |
| References | p. 22 |
| Problems | p. 23 |
| Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer | p. 26 |
| Introduction | p. 26 |
| General Forms of Conservation Equations | p. 27 |
| Conservation of Mass | p. 34 |
| Conservation of Energy: Thermal Effects | p. 36 |
| Heat Transfer at Interfaces | p. 38 |
| Conservation of Chemical Species | p. 41 |
| Mass Transfer at Interfaces | p. 43 |
| Molecular View of Species Conservation | p. 44 |
| References | p. 48 |
| Problems | p. 48 |
| Formulation and Approximation | p. 53 |
| Introduction | p. 53 |
| One-Dimensional Examples | p. 54 |
| Order-of-Magnitude Estimation and Scaling | p. 69 |
| "Dimensionality" in Modeling | p. 77 |
| Time Scales in Modeling | p. 87 |
| References | p. 97 |
| Problems | p. 98 |
| Solution Methods Based on Scaling Concepts | p. 113 |
| Introduction | p. 113 |
| Similarity Method | p. 114 |
| Regular Perturbation Analysis | p. 120 |
| Singular Perturbation Analysis | p. 127 |
| References | p. 141 |
| Problems | p. 141 |
| Solution Methods for Linear Problems | p. 151 |
| Introduction | p. 151 |
| Properties of Linear Boundary-Value Problems | p. 152 |
| Finite Fourier Transform Method | p. 157 |
| Basis Functions | p. 162 |
| Fourier Series | p. 170 |
| FFT Solutions for Rectangular Geometries | p. 174 |
| FFT Solutions for Cylindrical Geometries | p. 184 |
| FFT Solutions for Spherical Geometries | p. 190 |
| Point-Source Solutions | p. 200 |
| More on Self-Adjoint Eigenvalue Problems and FFT Solutions | p. 204 |
| References | p. 209 |
| Problems | p. 210 |
| Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics | p. 220 |
| Introduction | p. 220 |
| Conservation of Momentum | p. 220 |
| Total Stress, Pressure, and Viscous Stress | p. 226 |
| Fluid Kinematics | p. 230 |
| Constitutive Equations for Viscous Stress | p. 236 |
| Fluid Mechanics at Interfaces | p. 243 |
| Force Calculations | p. 250 |
| Stream Function | p. 255 |
| Dimensionless Groups and Flow Regimes | p. 261 |
| References | p. 265 |
| Problems | p. 265 |
| Unidirectional and Nearly Unidirectional Flow | p. 270 |
| Introduction | p. 270 |
| Steady Flow with a Pressure Gradient | p. 271 |
| Steady Flow with a Moving Surface | p. 277 |
| Time-Dependent Flow | p. 279 |
| Limitations of Exact Solutions | p. 282 |
| Nearly Unidirectional Flow | p. 288 |
| References | p. 300 |
| Problems | p. 300 |
| Creeping Flow | p. 315 |
| Introduction | p. 315 |
| General Features of Low Reynolds Number Flow | p. 315 |
| Unidirectional and Nearly Unidirectional Solutions | p. 319 |
| Stream-Function Solutions | p. 324 |
| Point-Force Solutions | p. 331 |
| Particles and Suspensions | p. 334 |
| Corrections to Stokes' Law | p. 343 |
| References | p. 350 |
| Problems | p. 351 |
| Laminar Flow at High Reynolds Number | p. 361 |
| Introduction | p. 361 |
| General Features of High Reynolds Number Flow | p. 362 |
| Irrotational Flow | p. 371 |
| Boundary Layers at Solid Surfaces | p. 378 |
| Internal Boundary Layers | p. 387 |
| References | p. 393 |
| Problems | p. 394 |
| Forced-Convection Heat and Mass Transfer in Confined Laminar Flows | p. 401 |
| Introduction | p. 401 |
| Péclet Number | p. 402 |
| Nusselt and Sherwood Numbers | p. 406 |
| Entrance Region | p. 411 |
| Fully Developed Region | p. 415 |
| Conservation of Energy: Mechanical Effects | p. 423 |
| Taylor Dispersion | p. 427 |
| References | p. 433 |
| Problems | p. 434 |
| Forced-Convection Heat and Mass Transfer in Unconfined Laminar Flows | p. 440 |
| Introduction | p. 440 |
| Heat and Mass Transfer in Creeping Flow | p. 441 |
| Heat and Mass Transfer in Laminar Boundary Layers | p. 446 |
| Scaling Laws for Nusselt and Sherwood Numbers | p. 451 |
| References | p. 457 |
| Problems | p. 458 |
| Transport in Buoyancy-Driven Flow | p. 463 |
| Introduction | p. 463 |
| Buoyancy and the Boussinesq Approximation | p. 464 |
| Confined Flows | p. 466 |
| Dimensional Analysis and Boundary-Layer Equations | p. 474 |
| Unconfined Flows | p. 478 |
| References | p. 485 |
| Problems | p. 486 |
| Transport in Turbulent Flow | p. 491 |
| Introduction | p. 491 |
| Basic Features of Turbulence | p. 491 |
| Time-Smoothed Equations | p. 499 |
| Eddy Diffusivity Models | p. 505 |
| Other Approaches for Turbulent-Flow Calculations | p. 518 |
| References | p. 524 |
| Problems | p. 525 |
| Simultaneous Energy and Mass Transfer and Multicomponent Systems | p. 529 |
| Introduction | p. 529 |
| Conservation of Energy: Multicomponent Systems | p. 530 |
| Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer | p. 532 |
| Introduction to Coupled Fluxes | p. 545 |
| Stefan-Maxwell Equations | p. 550 |
| Generalized Diffusion in Dilute Mixtures | p. 553 |
| Generalized Stefan-Maxwell Equations | p. 557 |
| References | p. 563 |
| Problems | p. 564 |
| Transport in Electrolyte Solutions | p. 573 |
| Introduction | p. 573 |
| Formulation of Macroscopic Problems | p. 574 |
| Macroscopic Examples | p. 580 |
| Equilibrium Double Layers | p. 585 |
| Electrokinetic Phenomena | p. 592 |
| References | p. 601 |
| Problems | p. 602 |
| Vectors and Tensors | p. 609 |
| Introduction | p. 609 |
| Representation of Vectors and Tensors | p. 609 |
| Vector and Tensor Products | p. 612 |
| Vector-Differential Operators | p. 617 |
| Integral Transformations | p. 620 |
| Position Vectors | p. 623 |
| Orthogonal Curvilinear Coordinates | p. 625 |
| Surface Geometry | p. 634 |
| References | p. 638 |
| Ordinary Differential Equations and Special Functions | p. 639 |
| Introduction | p. 639 |
| First-Order Equations | p. 640 |
| Equations with Constant Coefficients | p. 641 |
| Bessel and Spherical Bessel Equations | p. 642 |
| Other Equations with Variable Coefficients | p. 647 |
| References | p. 650 |
| Index | p. 651 |
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