This contribution to the journal issue commemorating Professor Robert Byron Bird focuses on his Dutch connection, which dates back to as early as 1950. Bird twice spent a semester-long period at (the current) Delft University of Technology. The development over time of two different schools of teaching transport phenomena and their mutual influencing are reviewed in quite some detail. The cornerstone in both schools is the analogy between the transport modes for mass, momentum, and energy. However, the role of fluid mechanics and its treatment is different. In addition, the didactic concepts underpinning the textbooks from the two schools are rather different as well, both having their pros and cons. This is illustrated for the mechanical energy balance and its derivation.
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March 09 2022
The Dutch connection of Bob de Vogel
Special Collection:
Celebration of Robert Byron Bird (1924-2020)
Harry E. A. Van den Akker
1
Bernal Institute, School of Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX
, Ireland
2
Transport Phenomena Group, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2629HZ
, Delft, The Netherlands
b)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: h.e.a.vandenakker@tudelft.nl and harry.vandenakker@ul.ie
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a)
Currently at: Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
b)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: h.e.a.vandenakker@tudelft.nl and harry.vandenakker@ul.ie
Note: This paper is part of the special topic, Celebration of Robert Byron Bird (1924-2020).
Physics of Fluids 34, 037106 (2022)
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Received:
January 05 2022
Accepted:
February 15 2022
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Harry E. A. Van den Akker; The Dutch connection of Bob de Vogel. Physics of Fluids 1 March 2022; 34 (3): 037106. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0084383
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