Mathematical Modeling: A Chemical Engineer's Perspective (Volume 1) (Process Systems Engineering, Volume 1) - Hardcover

Aris, Rutherford

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0126045852 ISBN 13: 9780126045857

Publisher: Academic Press, 1999

Synopsis

Mathematical 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.

• Describes pitfalls as well as principles of mathematical modeling
• Presents twenty examples of engineering problems
• Features seventeen reprinted papers
• Presents personal reflections on some of the great natural philosophers
• Emphasizes modeling procedures that precede extensive calculations

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Mathematical modeling is the art and craft of building a system of equations which is both sufficiently complex to do justice to physical reality and sufficiently simple to give real insight into the situation. This book provides an elementary introduction to the craft by one of the profession's most distinguished practitioners. Though written from a chemical engineering viewpoint,the text presents principles and pitfalls 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 acknowledgements, asides, and footnotes captures personal reflections on academic life and personalities.Key Features

• Describes pitfalls as well as principles of mathematical modeling
• Reprints 17 seminal papers of the author
• Emphasizes modeling procedures that precede extensive calculations
• Presents 20 examples of engineering problems
• Includes personal vignettes on academic life and personalities

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0126045852
• ISBN 13: 9780126045857
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 479