Background
Probstein, Ronald Filmore was born on March 11, 1928 in New York City. Son of Sidney and Sally (Rosenstein) Probstein.
( This treatment of the branch of fluid mechanics known a...)
This treatment of the branch of fluid mechanics known as hypersonic inviscid flow offers a self-contained, unified view of nonequilibrium effects, body geometries, and similitudes available in hypersonic flow and thin shock layer theory. Seeking to cultivate readers' appreciation of theory, the text avoids empirical approaches and focuses on basic theory and related fundamental concepts. Contents include introductory materials and chapters on small-disturbance theory, Newtonian theory, constant-density solutions, the theory of thin shock layers, numerical methods for blunt-body flows, and other methods for locally supersonic flows. Geared toward the needs of students and researchers in the field of modern gas dynamics and those of hypersonic aerodynamics, this text is appropriate for graduate-level courses in hyspersonic flow theory as well as courses dealing with compressible flow.
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This book, the outgrowth of a graduate course the authors taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was designed to fill an urgent need—the training of engineers in the production of synthetic fuels to replace dwindling supplies of natural ones. The authors presented synthetic fuels as a unified engineering subject, while recognizing that many of its principles are well-understood aspects of various engineering fields. The presentation begins with a review of chemical and physical fundamentals and conversion fundamentals, and proceeds to coal gasification and gas upgrading. Subsequent chapters examine liquids and clean solids produced from coal, liquids obtained from oil shale and tar sands, biomass conversion, and environmental, economic, and related aspects of synthetic fuel use. The text is directed toward beginning graduate students and advanced undergraduates in chemical and mechanical engineering, but should also appeal to students from other disciplines, including environmental, mining, petroleum, and industrial engineering, as well as chemistry. It also serves as a reference and guide for professionals.
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Since the first publication of the book, a surge of interest in physicochemical hydrodynamics (PCH) has produced a flurry of advances in the field, as researchers became aware of the subject’s practical applications across numerous disciplines. The Second Edition of Ronald F. Probstein’s Physicochemical Hydrodynamics is significantly expanded and revised to provide increased coverage of the field. All of the material was supplemented with problems for students, and a solutions manual is available for instructors. The continued demand for the book necessitates that the Second Edition be reprinted in paperback so that it may be more widely available to students and practitioners. This highly respected book emphasizes rational theory and its consequences to demonstrate the underlying unity of PCH, which allows diverse phenomena to be described in physically and mathematically similar ways. Physicochemical Hydrodynamics communicates the fundamentals while, at the same time, conveying the importance of applications of PCH to a variety of fields, including: mechanical, chemical, and environmental engineering; materials science, biotechnology, microfluidics, and fluid aspects of nanotechnology. Numerous illustrations, analogies, and examples highlight the text and help to clarify and solidify students’ and professionals’ understanding of the material.
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Mechanical engineering educator
Probstein, Ronald Filmore was born on March 11, 1928 in New York City. Son of Sidney and Sally (Rosenstein) Probstein.
He graduated from Stuyvesant High School and went on to study engineering at New York City’s night school, while at the same time working during the day for the world-renowned mathematician Richard Courant. In 1952 he received the first Doctor of Philosophy from the Princeton University Department of Aeronautical Engineering.
He played a principal role in spacecraft and ballistic missile reentry physics and design, hypersonic flight theory, comet behavior, desalination and synthetic fuels. In 1954 he accepted a joint appointment at Brown University in the Division of Applied Mathematics and Division of Engineering and was given tenure two years later. He accepted a position as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1962 and remained there becoming Ford Professor of Engineering until his retirement in 1996 when he became Emeritus.
Together with Wallace Doctorate. Hayes he wrote a book in 1959 on Hypersonic Flow Theory which remains the principal source of basic information on the subject.
He applied and generalized these theoretical developments to the design of early American spacecraft and ballistic missiles to enable their reentry into the earth’s atmosphere without destruction from the high temperatures generated by their hypersonic speeds. In the late 1960s he developed a theory that predicted the appearance of the fan-shaped tails that appear behind dusty comets.
In the early 1970s he turned his attention to the desalination of salt water and purification of contaminated water. In 1982 he co-authored Synthetic Fuels as a unified and coherent subject.
lieutenant is the first and still the only book providing the underlying principles and possible means for producing fuels to replace natural ones.
In the 1990s he introduced the concept of electrokinetic soil remediation. His basic procedure was patented and licensed to an industrial firm for further development and today the subject has become one that is widely studied and applied worldwide. The scientific basis is outlined in his book on Physicochemical Hydrodynamics, which is a discipline concerned with the interaction between fluid flow and physical, chemical, and biochemical processes.
In 2009 he wrote his first book for a general audience - Honest Sid: Memoir of a Gambling Manitoba, published by iUniverse.
The book follows the adventures of his father in the world of bookies and bettors, fighters and fixers, set against the often-romanticized backdrop of Depression-era New York City. He recently served on the Committee on America’s Energy Future of the United States National Research Council.
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Academy Arts and Science (councilor 1975-1979), American Physical Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Freeman award 1971). Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, National Academy of Sciences (chairman engineering science section 2005-2008), National Academy of Engineering (committee membership 2001-2005, chairman 2005), International Academy Astronautics.
Married Irene Weindling, July 30, 1950. 1 child, Sidney.