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An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications w/Software | 
 enlarge | Authors: Stephen Turns, Stephen R. Turns
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Category: Book
Buy New: $151.80
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 663891
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 704
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 007235044X
Dewey Decimal Number: 621
EAN: 9780072350449
ASIN: 007235044X
Publication Date: January 1, 2000
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Product Description
This Second Edition retains all the same primary objectives as the original text: First, to present basic combustion concepts using relatively simple and easy-to -understand analyses; and second, to introduce a wide variety of practical applications which motivate or relate to the various theoretical concepts. The overarching goal is to provide a textbook which is useful for both formal undergraduate study in mechanical engineering and in related fields, and informal study by practicing engineers.
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 An Introduction to Combustion : Concepts and Applications November 16, 2008
D. Hoyne (Riverdale, NY)
Its combustion, its a hard concept to understand - because it is as broad of organic chemistry. The sub-reactions are in the hundreds for even a simple combustion and can grow to the thousands with more advanced reactions. It makes you feel a bit smarter than the average person. Have some exposure to general and organic chemistry prior to reading/thinking about reading this book, otherwise - it is all gonna be a blur.
 Excellent book December 13, 2007
Dilip Srinivas Sundaram
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Dr. Turns's combustion text is the best introductory textbook for combustion. If you are probably confused about making a decision, I can certainly say " Buy this book!".
Enough said!
Excellent Introduction to Combustion December 31, 2006
John Vronay (San Diego, CA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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
Readable March 21, 2003
joe (Westwood)
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
This book is used at UCLA for a senior mechanical/aerospace engineering course. I would only recommend it to someone interested in pursuing graduate level course work in combustion. Suggested Prereq: Heat & MassX, Fluids, Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Differential Equations (ODE, PDE, CPU).The good
It has good references to modern combustion sources/codes. good introduction to whats possible. The bad
A lot of derivations are made, but the equations arent solved, except for the trivial or ultra-simplified cases. So its not too useful for a practicing engineer. The ugly
He mispells prior as priori about 20 times, and refers to variable as rs. You dont know if it is r times s, or if it is multiple r's.
An Introduction to Combustion : Concepts and Applications December 28, 2000
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
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.
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