Mathematical Modeling: A Chemical Engineer's PerspectiveMathematical modeling is the art and craft of building a system of equations that is both sufficiently complex to do justice to physical reality and sufficiently simple to give real insight into the situation. Mathematical Modeling: A Chemical Engineer's Perspective provides an elementary introduction to the craft by one of the century's most distinguished practitioners. Though the book is written from a chemical engineering viewpoint, the principles and pitfalls are common to all mathematical modeling of physical systems. Seventeen of the author's frequently cited papers are reprinted to illustrate applications to convective diffusion, formal chemical kinetics, heat and mass transfer, and the philosophy of modeling. An essay of acknowledgments, asides, and footnotes captures personal reflections on academic life and personalities.
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... Oscillations in Three Dimensions 87 Forced Oscillations and the Stroboscopic Phase Plane 88 The Excitation Diagram 90 5 Maxims for Modelers Text 93 6 Style Literary Style 96 Genre 98 Plagiarism and Attribution 101 Publish or Perish 102 ...
... Oscillating Models 233 Computation of Quasi-periodic Trajectories 234 Forced Dynamic Phenomena 240 Small Amplitude Forcing 240 Stronger Forcing 241 Other Models and Different Types of Forcing 245 Comments on the Computational Methods ...
... Oscillations of a Self-Oscillating Bimolecular Surface Reaction Model 307 M. A. McKARNIN, L. D. SCHNAIDT, AND R ARIS Introduction 307 Surface Reaction Model 309 Mathematical and Numerical Framework 311 Excitation Diagram 314 (a) Small ...
... oscillations.” We shall depart from their notation for we wish to be able to generalize to several species, Ai, and it is not desirable to use the concentration of A as a reference concentration when it is going to be varied. Similarly ...
... Oscillations and instabilities in the system A + 2B – 3B, B – C. Chem Eng. Sci. 34, 1087–1097 (1984). " P. Gray and S. K. Scott. Chemical Oscillations and Instabilities: Nonlinear Chemical Kinetics. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990. See ...
Contents
MATTER | 105 |
MISCELLANEA | 417 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 455 |
INDEX OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND COAUTHORS | 467 |
SUBJECT INDEX TO THE PAPERS IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY | 469 |
INDEX | 473 |