Thermomechanics of drying processes /

This book presents a systematic thermomechanical theory of drying. The book has an interdisciplinary character and combines the knowledge of Chemical Engineering and Mechanics of Continua. It contents a unified approach to the heat and mass transfer in drying processes as well as a precise analysis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kowalski, Stefan J. (Stefan Jan), 1945-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2003]
Series:Lecture notes in applied and computational mechanics ; v. 8.
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Table of Contents:
  • Properties of dried materials
  • Characterization of drying processes
  • The equations of balance
  • Thermodynamic foundation of dried materials in elastic range
  • Thermodynamics of viscoelastic materials under drying
  • Plasticity in drying
  • Destruction of materials by drying
  • Conditions of stress generation. Boundary conditions
  • Approach to numerical analysis in drying
  • One-dimensional initial-boundary value problem
  • Drying induced stresses in products of cylindrical and spherical symmetry
  • Mechanical effects in dried materials examined on the basis of two-dimensional boundary value problems
  • Dried materials with anisotropic structure
  • Experimental studies in drying.