J B Opfell (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Academic Press, 1956. Hardcover. First Edition. A foundational transport phenomena monograph from the California Institute of Technology. Book is in very good condition with normal, light shelf wear to the cloth covers. Issued without dust jacket. Internal contents are in good condition—tightly bound, clean, and completely free of text markings or highlighting. Provenance copy: previous owner's name stamp of notable chemical engineering professor "Dee H. Barker" and handwritten initials "DHS" on the front endpaper. xi, 394 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Academic Press, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. No dust jacket. Inscription on front endpaper. Markings on title page. Rest of text clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good EX-LIBRARY. No jacket. First Edition. New York:: Academic Press Inc., Publishers, 1956. A solid copy. Square and reasonably tight. Inner hinges are sound. WITHDRAWN stamp, and a few other library markings. Text pages are clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Contains seven chapters: 1) Introduction to momentum transfer; 2) Some simple properties of turbulent flow; 3) Some macroscopic characteristics of turbulent flow; 4) Velocity distribution and friction factors for turbulent flow; 5) General equations of fluid motion; 6) Some properties of turbulence; 7) Boundary layer. Illustrated with figures/diagrams. Tables. Graphs. Four appendices: I) A derivation of Bernoulli's equation; II) An introduction to tensors and the statistical theory of turbulence; III) Constants and conversion factors, dimensions; IV) Analysis of potential flow across a cylinder. Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original green cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY./No jacket. 8vo. xi, 394pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1956 hardcover with no jacket, evidently as issued. NOT an ex-library book. Unmarked pages and firm binding. Green cloth cover is clean with minor shelf-rubbing only. Gilt titles on front and along spine remain bright. This remains a very good, sturdy, very useful copy! 394 pp.…