This book is one of the first devoted to an account of theories of thermal convection which involve local thermal non-equilibrium effects, including a concentration on microfluidic effects. The text introduces convection with local thermal non-equilibrium effects in extraordinary detail, making it easy for readers newer to the subject area to understand. This book is unique in the fact that it addresses a large number of convection theories and provides many new results which are not available elsewhere. This book will be useful to researchers from engineering, fluid mechanics, and applied mathematics, particularly those interested in microfluidics and porous media.

Very topical area of research, including convection with local thermal non-equilibrium effects, and convection in a microfluidic scenario Focuses on thermal convection problems Covers numerous different equations and models Many new results are provided in this book that are not available elsewhere Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Brian Straughan is a Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Durham University in Durham, UK. He is a member of the Center for the Coevolution of Biology and Culture, and his research interests include: computational mathematics, partial differential equations, and stability.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Thermal Convection with LTNE.- Rotating Convection with LTNE.- Double Diffusive Convection with LTNE.- Vertical Porous Convection with LTNE.- Penetrative Convection.- LTNE and Multi-layers.- Other Convection/Microfluidic Scenarios.- Convection with Slip Boundary Conditions.- Convection in a Porous Layer with Solid Partitions.- Convection with Produting Baffles.- Anisotropic Inertia Effect.- Bidispersive Porous Media.- Resonance in Thermal Convection.- Thermal Convection in Nanofluids.- References.