Mathematical models in the applied sciences /
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| Author / Creator: | Fowler, A. C. (Andrew Cadle), 1953- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997. |
| Description: | xiv, 402 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge texts in applied mathematics |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2926114 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Introduction
- 1. Mathematical modelling
- Part II. Methods
- 2. Non-dimensionalisation
- 3. Asymptotics
- 4. Perturbation methods
- Part III. Classical Models
- 5. Heat transfer
- 6. Viscous flow
- 7. Solid mechanics
- 8. Electromagnetism
- Part IV. Continuum Models
- 9. Enzyme kinetics
- 10. The Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction
- 11. Spruce budworm infestations
- 12. Chemical reactors
- 13. Groundwater flow
- 14. Convection in a porous medium
- 15. River flow
- 16. One-dimensional two-phase flow
- Part V. Advanced Models
- 17. Alloy solidification
- 18. Ice sheet dynamics
- 19. Chemosensory respiratory control
- 20. Frost heave in freezing soils
- References
