Author Description

The purpose of the present monograph is to introduce recent developments in the theory of fluids and fluid transport to non-specialists in fields where fluids play an important role; not only physicists but chemical engineers, biologists, material scientistsand developers of computational fluid dynamics, both in academic and industrial research. The tools required are found in applied mathematics; a background in basic statistical mechanics and thermodynamics is helpful. The book progresses from thestatistical mechanics of gases to the theory of transport phenomena in fluids, providing the reader with a background in fluids and fluid transport and the necessary building blocks to solve actual problems. Many examples are shown in a step by step manner and a variety of methods are described in detail for simple models. New methods and applications are presented, in particular in the field of fluid transport in micro and nanoporous materials. The goals are to acquire:- an understanding of advances in the theory of fluids beyond classical literature and phenomenological models.- a balanced account of key aspects of recent fluid research: concepts and analytical techniques- the background needed to use the method in further applications of practical interest.