文档介绍：Convection in Porous Media
Convection in Porous Media
Third Edition
Donald A. Nield
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
and
Adrian Bejan
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Donald. A. Nield Adrian Bejan
Associate Professor J. A. Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Engineering Science Department of Mechanical Engineering and
University of Auckland Materials Science
Private Bag 92019, Auckland Duke University
New Zealand Durham, North Carolina 27708
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2005932308
10 digit ISBN: 0-387-29096-6
13 digit ISBN: 978-0387-29096-6
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To our wives
Rachel Nield and Mary Bejan
Our children
Cherry, Alexandra, and Peter Nield
Cristina, Teresa, and William Bejan
Our grandchildren
Michael and Rachel van der Mark
Charlotte and Susan Nield
Elizabeth and John Hayman
Preface to the Third Edition
Papers on convection in porous media continue to be published at the rate that is
now over 200 per year. The indication of the continued importance of the subject,
together with the wide acceptance of the first and secon