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Heat, Mass, and Momentum in SI Units

Engineering Fundamentals and Convective Applications of Momentum, Heat, and Mass TransferBy Sanjay Kulasekaran

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Three courses. One physics. Finally, a book that shows you the structure. Momentum, heat, and mass transfer are usually taught as three separate courses and examined as three separate courses, yet they are one piece of physics with three conserved quantities. This book makes that structure explicit and keeps it in front of you from the first chapter to the last. You will build integral and differential balances, derive the dimensionless groups that govern every correlation you later use, and follow the same reasoning through friction factors, boundary layers, conduction networks, convection correlations, exchanger effectiveness, radiation view factors, and finally Fick diffusion and mass transfer coefficients. Everything is presented in SI units with property evaluation stated explicitly, so you always know what value to use and where it came from. One worked scenario is carried through all three transport modes, which means the analogies stop being a formula on a card and become a way of thinking. Derivations are shown step by step, assumptions are named, and the links between the three transport modes are highlighted rather than left for you to discover on your own. What you will learn: • How to set up integral and differential balances for control volumes and derive the governing equations from first principles • How dimensional analysis and similitude produce the dimensionless groups behind every friction factor and convection correlation • How to analyze viscous flow in ducts, external flow, and boundary layers with the same momentum reasoning • How turbulence and turbulent transport change the equations and what that means for engineering estimates • How to solve steady, transient, and multidimensional conduction problems using resistance networks and standard solutions • How to select and apply forced, natural, boiling, and condensation convection correlations correctly • How to design and rate heat exchangers using effectiveness-NTU and LMTD methods • How to compute radiation heat transfer with view factors and surface properties • How to apply Fick diffusion and convective mass transfer coefficients using the same framework as heat and momentum Who it is for: Undergraduate mechanical and chemical engineering students taking transport phenomena, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, or mass transfer, and anyone revising these subjects who wants the three transport modes connected instead of memorized separately. If you have ever wondered why the same dimensionless groups keep appearing in different chapters, this book is written for you.

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GenreTechnology, Science and Nature

Length13 hrs 45 mins

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Publish dateSep 27, 2026

LanguageEnglish

1Heat, Mass, and Momentum in SI Units

2Foreword

3Preface

4About This Book

5Chapter 1: Fluid Properties and Fluid Statics

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61.1 The Nature of Fluids and the No-Slip Condition

71.2 Viscosity and Newtonian Behavior

81.3 Surface Tension, Capillarity and Vapor Pressure

91.4 Pressure, Hydrostatics and Manometry

101.5 Forces on Submerged Surfaces and Buoyancy

11Chapter 2: Integral Balances for Control Volumes

122.1 The Control Volume and Reynolds Transport Theorem

132.2 Conservation of Mass

142.3 Linear Momentum Balance

152.4 Conservation of Energy and the Bernoulli Equation

162.5 Angular Momentum and Turbomachines

17Chapter 3: Differential Momentum Equations

183.1 Continuity and the Substantial Derivative

193.2 The Navier-Stokes Equations

203.3 Couette Flow and Exact Solutions

213.4 Poiseuille Flow and Hagen-Poiseuille Law

223.5 Stream Function and Potential Flow

23Chapter 4: Dimensional Analysis and Similitude

244.1 Dimensions, Units and the Buckingham Pi Theorem

254.2 The Reynolds, Prandtl and Schmidt Numbers

264.3 The Nusselt, Sherwood and Other Groups

274.4 Similitude, Model Testing and Scale-Up

28Chapter 5: Viscous Flow in Ducts

295.1 Laminar and Turbulent Regimes and Entrance Length

305.2 Friction Factor and the Moody Chart

315.3 Minor Losses and Pipe Networks

325.4 Pumps, System Curves and Operating Point

33Chapter 6: External Flow and Boundary Layers

346.1 Boundary-Layer Concepts and the Blasius Solution

356.2 Displacement and Momentum Thickness and Drag

366.3 Turbulent Boundary Layers and Transition

376.4 Separation, Drag and Lift on Immersed Bodies

38Chapter 7: Turbulence and Turbulent Transport

397.1 Reynolds Averaging and Turbulence Statistics

407.2 Eddy Viscosity and Mixing Length

417.3 The Law of the Wall and Turbulent Pipe Profiles

42Chapter 8: Steady Conduction

438.1 Fourier Law and the Plane Wall

448.2 Radial Systems and Composite Walls

458.3 Contact Resistance and Overall Heat Transfer

468.4 Fins and Extended Surfaces

47Chapter 9: Transient and Multidimensional Conduction

489.1 Lumped Capacitance and the Biot Number

499.2 One-Term Series Solutions

509.3 Semi-Infinite Solids and Contact Problems

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