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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... singularity, B = 0, which is otherwise undefined, is correctly chosen, the solution turns and follows the path B = 0. In practice, it falls victim to the peril, even when stable. * Isodic = means “having the same paths.” I am not sure ...
... singularity theory, which greatly illuminates this type of analysis, was developing both through the interest of some mathematicians” and by the insight and ability of a few chemical engineers, notably Luss and Balakotaiah.” By a ...
... singularity they called the winged cusp. Example 16. The Gray-Scott Reaction (Reprise) There is merit in considering at a slightly less stiff and more algebraically amenable model that has the same features as the exothermic first-order ...
... singularity theory to isothermal autocatalytic open systems: The elementary scheme A + m3 = (m + 1) B. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. A 403, 341–363 (1986); and S. R. Kay, S. K. Scott, and P. G. Lignola. The application of singularity theory to ...
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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 |