The Method of Weighted Residuals and Variational Principles

Bruce A. Finlayson is Rehnberg Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington. He was a pioneer in the use of computers in chemical engineering education and has received numerous awards from the Chemical Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. He is the author of four books and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He served as the President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2000.

Preface to the classics edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. The Method of Weighted Residuals: 1. Introduction; 2. Boundary-value problems in heat and mass transfer; 3. Eigenvalue and initial-value problems in heat and mass transfer; 4. Applications to fluid mechanics; 5. Chemical reaction systems; 6. Convective instability problems; Part II. Variational Principles: 7. Introduction to variational principles; 8. Variational principles in fluid mechanics; 9. Variational principles for heat and mass transfer problems; 10. On the search for variational principles; 11. Convergence and error bounds; Author index; Subject index.