Wiley-VCH - Physics

1. Thermal Convexity Analysis of a Solar Water Heating System

   This book delivers a comprehensive study of thermal convexity analy-sis, a key methodology for understanding and optimizing solar water heating systems. It bridges pressing global energy challenges, solar thermal technologies, and advanced heat transfer principles. The book opens with the global energy context, highlighting the rising importance of solar power in achieving sustainable energy goals. A detailed review of solar thermal systems follows, covering high-temperature applications (parabolic concentrators, tower plants, cylindrical-parabolic collectors) and low-temperature uses, including pool heating, space heating, and domestic hot water production. The core focus regards the thermal convexity principle, providing a new powerful theoretical framework for analyzing and enhancing heat transfer in fluids, tubular exchangers, and solar receivers. This principle is applied to the modeling and simulation of solar water heating systems, integrating solar radiation, system dynamics, and consumption effects. Thermal Convexity Analysis of a Solar Water Heating System combines simulation and experimental validation with fixed and tracking collectors, demonstrating practical performance improvements. Supported by an appendix on conduction, convection, and radiation, this book is an essential reference for researchers, engineers, and students pushing the frontiers of renewable energy and thermal sciences. [272 Pages, Hardcover] Read More...

   
   
   
2. Handbook of Advanced Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors

   Advance your understanding of semiconductor technology with this indispensable handbook, offering an in-depth look at the modeling, simulation, and fabrication of advanced nanoscale semiconductor field-effect transistors (FETs). Advanced nanoscale semiconductor field-effect transistors (FETs) represent a pivotal advancement in semiconductor technology, catering to the growing demand for energy-efficient low power electronic devices for emerging applications. This development has significantly impacted the electronics industry, particularly in the design and fabrication of integrated circuits for applications ranging from portable electronics to Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This book provides a comprehensive look at the modelling, simulation, characterization, and fabrication of modern semiconductor FET transistors to improve performance in terms of reduced weight and size, improved subthreshold characteristics and switching performance, and lower power consumption. Handbook of Advanced Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors provides deep insight into the evolving possibilities and challenges of emerging advanced nanoscale FETs. By focusing on the fundamentals of nanoscience and expert knowledge on advanced nanoscale semiconductors, this book serves as a well-rounded guide for novices and professionals looking to innovate in this growing field. [528 Pages, Hardcover] Read More...

   
   
   
3. Ordinary Differential Equations and Special Functions

   This book is an essential guide for anyone in engineering or mathematical physics looking to master the fundamental concepts of differential equations and special functions, which are crucial for solving real-world problems. In today's evolving mathematics landscape, differential equations and special functions have shown great promise for applications in engineering. Problems in mathematical physics help determine solutions for differential equations under certain parameters, which can be turned into new special functions, such as Bessel's functions, to measure electricity, hydrodynamics, and vibration. Ordinary Differential Equations and Special Functions serves as a fundamental guide to these concepts, covering everything from elementary-level special functions to differential equations with a series of solutions. [640 Pages, Hardcover] Read More...

   
   
   
4. Untangling General Relativity

   An easy-to-read introduction to Einstein's theory of general relativity In Untangling General Relativity, Simon Sherwood explains the details of general relativity with clarity, enthusiasm, and a sense of fun. Designed to be accessible to non-experts, the book combines intuitive explanations with the essential mathematics needed for a deep understanding of the subject. Sherwood introduces that maths gradually and clearly, in a step-by-step program designed to expand your appreciation and grasp of general relativity. Untangling General Relativity serves as an effective springboard for more in-depth studies. It lays the groundwork for mastering the advanced topics covered in relativity textbooks and university physics courses. Readers will find: * A thorough introduction to general relativity, including the interpretation of gravity as curved spacetime and a full derivation of Einstein's field equations * Comprehensive explanations of the spacetime metric, the equivalence principle, the geodesic equation, and the energy-momentum and curvature tensors * Vacuum curvature: the Schwarzschild and Kerr metrics, black holes, white holes, event horizons, and gravitational waves * Cosmology: the Friedmann equations, dark matter and energy, the Big Bang, inflation and an overview of current efforts to develop a quantum theory of gravity Perfect for undergraduate students preparing to take a university-level physics course dealing with general relativity for the first time, Untangling General Relativity will also benefit students of the natural sciences and instructors and educators with a professional or academic interest in the subject. [336 Pages, Softcover] Read More...

   
   
   
5. Molecular Collisions and Gaseous Kinetics

   Molecular Collisions and Gaseous Kinetics presents concepts, theory, and computational approaches to provide a modern treatment of molecular collisions, transport phenomena, and relaxation of importance in energy transfer reactions and photoinduced phenomena in gases. Coverage includes elastic collisions, inelastic collisions leading to energy transfer and electronic transitions, reactive collisions, photoinduced dynamics, collisions with surfaces, thermal rates of those phenomena, and transport and relaxation phenomena mediated by molecular collisions. The text also contains applications to many physical systems, and worked examples to facilitate understanding. [336 Pages, Hardcover] Read More...