COMBUSTION AND FLAME 63: 433 (1986) 433

Book Review

Kazutomo Ohtake and Toshitaka Fujiwara, Combustion Engineering (in Japanese), Co- rona Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 1985, v + 215 pp., 2300 yen.

This introductory textbook is designed to impart a fundamental knowledge of combustion science to undergraduate students in mechanical engi- neering. The book is organized in a standard style and is divided into five chapters. The first chapter introduces the reader to general aspects of combustion processes. The second chapter deals with combustion of premixed mixtures and covers basic concepts of flame propagation, including the flame structure, burning velocity, flame stability, and the Rankine-Hugoniot equa- tions. The third chapter deals with diffusive combustion, covering laminar and turbulent diffusion flames. The fourth chapter deals with explosions and detonations, including ideal and nonideal explosions, and detonation wave struc- ture. The book concludes with a final chapter

devoted to determination of the burned gas states, introducing the reader to chemical equi- librium calculations and to the formation and control of pollutants.

The explanation is mainly descriptive, but in some specific cases detailed theoretical analyses are presented. For the latter purpose, in the reviewer's opinion, it would be more appropri- ate to introduce the fundamental equations in a systematic way and to derive the appropriate equations for the respective problems. In spite of this, the explanations are clear and easy to follow. In addition, a set of exercises with answers is presented at the end of each chapter, which is very useful for facilitating self-study. In summary the book satisfies a need for an introductory textbook and is also valuable for the graduate or undergraduate student who is interested in combustion science.

Tadao Takeno

Institute of Interdisciplinary Research University of Tokyo

Copyright 1986 by The Combustion Institute Published by Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc. 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 0010-2180/86/$03.50