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Brenner, Howard was born on March 16, 1929 in New York City. Son of Max and Margaret (Wechsler) Brenner.
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One studying the motion of fluids relative to particulate systems is soon impressed by the dichotomy which exists between books covering theoretical and practical aspects. Classical hydrodynamics is largely concerned with perfect fluids which unfortunately exert no forces on the particles past which they move. Practical approaches to subjects like fluidization, sedimentation, and flow through porous media abound in much useful but uncorrelated empirical information. The present book represents an attempt to bridge this gap by providing at least the beginnings of a rational approach to fluid particle dynamics, based on first principles. From the pedagogic viewpoint it seems worthwhile to show that the Navier-Stokes equations, which form the basis of all systematic texts, can be employed for useful practical applications beyond the elementary problems of laminar flow in pipes and Stokes law for the motion of a single particle. Although a suspension may often be viewed as a continuum for practical purposes, it really consists of a discrete collection of particles immersed in an essentially continuous fluid. Consideration of the actual detailed boundary value problems posed by this viewpoint may serve to call attention to the limitation of idealizations which apply to the overall transport properties of a mixture of fluid and solid particles.
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This textbook is designed to provide the theory, methods of measurement, and principal applications of the expanding field of interfacial hydrodynamics. It is intended to serve the research needs of both academic and industrial scientists, including chemical or mechanical engineers, material and surface scientists, physical chemists, chemical and biophysicists, rheologists, physiochemical hydrodynamicists, and applied mathematicians (especially those with interests in viscous fluid mechanics and continuum mechanics). As a textbook it provides materials for a one- or two-semester graduate-level course in interfacial transport processes. It may also be noted that, while separate practical and theoretical subdivisions of material have been introduced, a kind of cross-emphasis is often stressed: (i) to the academic scientist, or the importance of understanding major applications of interfacial transport; and (ii) to the industrial scientist, of the importance of understanding the underlying theory.
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This unique book, the first published on the subject, provides an introduction to the theory of macrotransport processes, a comprehensive effective-medium theory of transport phenomena in heterogeneous systems. The text begins with a relatively simple approach to the basic theory before turning to a more formal theoretical treatment which is extended in scope in each successive chapter. Many detailed examples, as well as questions appearing at the end of each chapter, are included to demonstrate the practical implementation of the theory. Macrotransport Processes is aimed at an audience already familiar with conventional theories of transport phenomena. This audience especially includes graduate students in chemical, mechanical, and civil engineering departments, as well as applied mathematicians, biomechanicists, and soil physics, particularly those with interests in problems of flow and dispersion in porous media.
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Brenner, Howard was born on March 16, 1929 in New York City. Son of Max and Margaret (Wechsler) Brenner.
Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, Pratt Institute, 1950. MChemE, New York University, 1954. Doctor in Engineering Science, New York University, 1957.
Instructor chemical engineering, New York University, 1955-1957;
assistant professor chemical engineering, New York University, 1957-1961;
associate professor, New York University, 1961-1965;
professor, New York University, 1965-1966;
professor, Carnegie-Mellon U., 1966-1977;
professor, department chairman chemical engring, U. Rochester, New York, 1977-1981;
W.H. Dow professor chemical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1981. Senior visiting fellow Science Research Council Great Britain, 1974. Fairchild Distinguished scholar California Institute Technology, 1975-1976, Chevron visiting professor, 1988-1989.
Gulf visiting professor Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1991. Lady Davis fellow, Israel, 1995-1996. Visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1996.
(This unique book, the first published on the subject, pro...)
(One studying the motion of fluids relative to particulate...)
(This textbook is designed to provide the theory, methods ...)
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Engineering, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Alpha Chi Sigma award 1976, Walker award 1985, Warren K. Lewis award 1999), American Academy Mechanics. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Society Rheology (Bingham medal 1980), American Physical Society (Fluid Dynamics prize 2001), American Chemical Society (Kendall award 1988, 11th annual Honor Scroll Industrial Engineering Chemistry Division 1961), American Society Engineering Education (General Electric Senior Research award 1996).
Children: Leslie, Joyce, Suzanne. Married Lisa Glucksman, September 8, 1995.
