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.
Robert Byron Bird is a Chemical Engineer and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is known for his research in Transport phenomena of Non-Newtonian fluids, including fluid dynamics of polymers, polymer kinetic theory, and rheology. He, along with Warren E. Stewart and Edwin N. Lightfoot, is an author of the classic textbook Transport Phenomena. Bird was a recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1987.
Very famous reference which is important for all chem. Engineers out there and the field of fluid dynamics.
Did not fancy the order of the chapters or the odd ways some subjects were introduced. For example creeping flow equations were introduced in chapter 4 but the text mentions that it will be discussed/derived in chapter 5. Here is a wild idea just do it all in chapter 5. We need a shorter version of this book for dummies after we remove all redundancy and poor sorting of material
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Very helpful book. Has good examples and explanations. You need to know the math to a good degree, but ya, very insightful on how to calculate a bunch of stuff.
This text gave reliable derivations for relatively complex theories for students to reference. However, examples were fairly specific and hard to follow.
i'm not really recommending this book but want to go on the record as stating that this is the most elegant textbook i have ever come across. the entire text is organized around an analogy between the balance equations for momentum, energy, and mass.
are you a chemical engineer? do ya wanna be one...then you will know the material in this classic.... I not only love it ...I teach from it when possible...