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The book contains self-contained descriptions of existing models, accompanied by critical analyses of their properties both from a theoretical and practical standpoint. It aims to develop 'modeling skills' within the readers, giving them the ability to develop their own models and improve existing ones. Written in connection with a full, open source Python Library, this project also enables readers to run the simulations discussed within the text.
The Surface Wettability Effect on Phase Change collects high level contributions from internationally recognised scientists in the field. It thoroughly explores surface wettability, with topics spanning from the physics of phase change, physics of nucleation, mesoscale modeling, analysis of phenomena such drop evaporation, boiling, local heat flux at triple line, Leidenfrost, dropwise condensation, heat transfer enhancement, freezing, icing. All the topics are treated by discussing experimental results, mathematical modeling and numerical simulations. In particular, the numerical methods look at direct numerical simulations in the framework of VOF simulations, phase-field simulations and molecular dynamics. An introduction to equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics of phase change, wetting phenomena, liquid interfaces, numerical simulation of wetting phenomena and phase change is offered for readers who are less familiar in the field. This book will be of interest to researchers, academics, engineers, and postgraduate students working in the area of thermofluids, thermal management, and surface technology.
This book presents the SPH method for fluid modelling from a theoretical and applied viewpoint. It explains the foundations of the method, from physical principles, and will help researchers, students, and engineers to understand how the method should be used and why it works well.
The quest for the optimal is ubiquitous in nature and human behavior. The field of mathematical optimization has a long history and remains active today, particularly in the development of machine learning.Classical and Modern Optimization presents a self-contained overview of classical and modern ideas and methods in approaching optimization problems. The approach is rich and flexible enough to address smooth and non-smooth, convex and non-convex, finite or infinite-dimensional, static or dynamic situations. The first chapters of the book are devoted to the classical toolbox: topology and functional analysis, differential calculus, convex analysis and necessary conditions for differentiable constrained optimization. The remaining chapters are dedicated to more specialized topics and applications.Valuable to a wide audience, including students in mathematics, engineers, data scientists or economists, Classical and Modern Optimization contains more than 200 exercises to assist with self-study or for anyone teaching a third- or fourth-year optimization class.
La bataille des idées, que l’on croyait assoupie depuis la disparition des plus grands intellectuels français du XXe siècle (Sartre, Foucault, Deleuze…) s’est réveillée depuis quelques années. Elle prend notamment la forme d’attaques venues des Etats-Unis contre ce que l’on appelle désormais la french theory. En quoi consistent donc les idées élaborées en France ainsi contestées ? Ce ne sont pas seulement celles des philosophes comme Jacques Derrida, mais celles venues de la psychanalyse (Lacan), de la biologie moléculaire (François Jacob et Jacques Monod) ou encore de la sociologie (Jean Baudrillard, Edgar Morin…). Ce livre permet de faire le point le plus actuel sur le développement de la pensée en France, dont on ignore souvent qu’elle est devenue la pensée dominante dans les universités du monde entier.
La mémoire est une fonction complexe qui fascine par sa complexité et son omniprésence. Elle anime les réflexions dans différentes disciplines allant des sciences humaines aux neurosciences, mais elle est aussi présente dans les sciences de l’ingénieur et même dans les sciences exactes comme la physique. L’objet de ce livre est de rendre compte de cette dimension nécessairement pluridisciplinaire de la mémoire. Les réflexions philosophiques de la mémoire au fil des siècles ont profondément marqué ce concept. De façon intéressante, cette vision philosophique de la mémoire se retrouve dans les conceptions actuelles, notamment en psychologie, en neuropsychologie et en neur...
Entièrement refondue et actualisée, cette 6e édition propose une synthèse des théories, méthodes et champs d'application de la neuropsychologie. Ainsi, trois thèmes, où l'activité est importante et où les pratiques ont sensiblement évolué, donnent lieu à des développements notables de la part des auteurs : l'évaluation des états démentiels, la neuropsychologie de l'enfant et les rééducations neuropsychologiques.
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This book examines disability, diversity, and schooling exclusion in Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Defending a social and anthropological conception of disability as a consequence of any situation that makes a subject uncomfortable and unable to live or act properly, the book explores the difficulties that disabled children face within the school system and considers how social exclusion provokes and exacerbates educational exclusion. With contributions from linguists, educational sociologists, educational psychologists, educators, and historians, the chapters focus on a range of phenomena such as the balance of languages used for teaching, gender equity, associated disorders, and ...