An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications
(Part of the Mcgraw-Hill Series in Mechanical Engineering Series and Mcgraw-Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering Series)
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Book Overview
Introduction to Combustion is the leading combustion textbook for undergraduate and graduate students because of its easy-to-understand analyses of basic combustion concepts and its introduction of a... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0071260722
ISBN13:9780071260725
Release Date:January 2000
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Europe
Weight:2.46 lbs.
Customer Reviews
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Excellent Text
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Simply excellent introductory text of the subject. Turns is an excellent educator and author and makes the introduction to the subject as easy as possible. I used it as a grad student at Purdue and loved it.
Excellent Introduction to Combustion
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I became acquainted with this book when it was used as one of several references for a graduate level mechanical engineering course in combustion. The book does an excellent job of explaining chemical equilibrium and chemical kinetics - particularly if the reader has very little previous exposure to these topics. I would have liked to see more solved example problems but this is probably a desire of any student when using an engineering text. This book is well written and presents much complex material for the non-chemist in a clear and concise manner. Those working with internal combustion engines will find the materials on pollutant formation (Chapter 15) very useful, including the 78 end of chapter references. -John
An Introduction to Combustion : Concepts and Applications
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
An excellent introductory book on combustion. Suitable for an undergraduate course or for self-study. Fundamental concepts are clearly explained with many calculation examples and problems to solve. The material is presented in a very attractive and easy to read way. Also, has numerous references to webpages with useful information, plus computer programmes to solve basic problems, like equilibrium composition. The overall approach is to provide tools to make practical calculations using computational tools.
Steve Turns makes Combustion easy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I think Steve has abilities to convey scientific ideas in a simple, easy to understand manner. His interaction with industrial clients, industrial applications and combustion equipment has given him an insight for explaining basics as applied to the real world. He also understands utilities of various combustion properties, parameters and correlations. He also knows how you can apply it for the maximim benefit for a given process. I recommend this book to any practicing engineer in the combustion field. Steve is a great communicator and a friend of combustion industry. At Air Liquide I have used this book to design burners, flames and combustion processes for steel, glass, chemical and process industries. Sincerely, Dr. Mike Joshi, Combustion Scientist, Air Liquide, Chicago Research Center, Countryside, IL 60525
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