Thermal Convection (eBook)

Dr. Marcello Lappa is Senior Researcher at the Microgravity Advanced Research and Support Center. He has approximately 100 publications (the majority as a single author) in the fields of fluid motion and stability behavior (thermogravitational, thermocapillary, thermovibrational and magnetic convection), organic and inorganic materials sciences and crystal growth, multiphase flows, solidification, biotechnology and biomechanics, methods of numerical analysis in computational fluid dynamics and heat/mass transfer, high performance computing (parallel machines). He is founder and Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing (ISSN 1555-256X). He has worked as a visiting scientist and professor at the Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering - Division of Advanced Device Materials in Japan (Kyushu University). Over recent years he has been involved in many industrial projects and, in particular, in the preparation of the ground and flight operations for the Fluid Science Laboratory (FSL) that will operate on-orbit within the Columbus Module of the International Space Station by the half of 2008.

"In our opinion, this book will be useful for experts in
fluid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, and applied mathematics, as
well as physicists and engineers. The book can be used also
by graduate students." (Mathematical Reviews,
2012)

"Undoubtedly, the book can be considered as a mandatory reading
for everybody whose research involves thermal convection effects. .
. For experts it offers a good overview of the current status
of

"hot" problems in thermal convection. The book can be strongly
recommended for MSc and PhD students whose research includes
thermal convection problems, as well as to engineers whose projects
involve nonisothermal buoyancy- and thermocapillary-driven flows."
(Cryst. Res. Technol, 2011)

"Despite the word "convection" appearing in the title, this
excellent monograph is not a book

on heat transfer . . . Otherwise, this is an excellent text which I
recommend for those seriously interested in thermally driven
convection." (Computational Thermal Sciences, 2011)

"It represents the most comprehensive single volume monograph on
convection phenomena available at the present time. I am glad to
have the book on my shelf and I will recommend it to anyone with
interest in convection as an inspiring guide through its myriad
manifestations." (Radostin D. Simitev, October 2010)"This excellent
monograph will be warmly welcomed by university teachers and
researchers working in the field of thermal convection, and it will
be useful for graduate students looking for a short way from basic
notions to the current state of the art in that field."
(European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids, September 2010)

"It is a treasure-trove of phenomenological details ordered in a
systematic way. It represents the most comprehensive
single-volume monograph on convection phenomena available at the
present time. I am glad to have the book on my shelf and I
will recommend it to anyone with interest in convection as an
inspiring guide through its myriad manifestations." (Journal of
Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, February
2011)