Read books in 2012

好像这两本领域差的有点远，不过觉得对自己的工作还是有些意义的，所以就坚持读了。（图片来源网络或者自己手机拍照）
《01》讲述物质堆积的内容，希望对自己的工作有所帮助，不过目前还没有相关工作发表。
《02》是从连续方法的角度对流化进行分析，介绍了particle bed model在一维和二维情况下的应用。虽然自己流化床方面的工作主要是基于偶合的连续流体力学和离散颗粒方法，但这本书对过程的理解和分析还是很有帮助的。本人关于流化床发表的工作有（做下广告）：

1. Hou, Q.F., Zhou, Z.Y. & Yu, A.B. (2012). Micromechanical modeling and analysis of different flow regimes in gas fluidization. Chemical Engineering Science, 84, 449-468.
2. Hou, Q.F., Zhou, Z.Y. & Yu, A.B. (2012). Computational study of the heat transfer in bubbling fluidized beds with a horizontal tube. AIChE Journal, 58, 1422-1434.
3. Hou, Q.F., Zhou, Z.Y. & Yu, A.B. (2012). Computational Study of the Effects of Material Properties on Heat Transfer in Gas Fluidization. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 51, 11572-11586.

01 The Pursuit of Perfect Packing

By Tomaso Aste, D. L. Weaire

A review from website (http://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Pursuit_of_Perfect_Packing.html?id=d8bZDWcSdzMC&redir_esc=y)
Coauthored by one of the creators of the most efficient space packing solution, the Weaire–Phelan structure, The Pursuit of Perfect Packing, Second Edition explores a problem of importance in physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, and engineering: the packing of structures. Maintaining its mathematical core, this edition continues and revises some of the stories from its predecessor while adding several new examples and applications.
The book focuses on both scientific and everyday problems ranging from atoms to honeycombs. It describes packing models, such as the Kepler conjecture, Voronoï decomposition, and Delaunay decomposition, as well as actual structure models, such as the Kelvin cell and the Weaire–Phelan structure. The authors discuss numerous historical aspects and provide biographical details on influential contributors to the field, including emails from Thomas Hales and Ken Brakke.
With examples from physics, crystallography, engineering, and biology, this accessible and whimsical book touches on many aspects of packing objects. It will help you understand components of packing and aid you in the quest for the perfect packing solution.

02 Fluidization-dynamics
L. G. Gibilaro

A review from google books:

Fluidization Dynamics has been written for students and engineers who find themselves involved with problems concerning the fluidized state. It presents an analysis that focuses directly on the problem of predicting the fluid dynamic behaviour of a proposed fluidized system for which empirical data is limited or unavailable. 

The second objective is to provide a treatment of fluidization dynamics that is readily accessible to the non-specialist. The linear approach adopted in this book, starting with the formulation of predictive expressions for the basic forces that act on a fluidized particle, offers a clear way into the theory. The incorporation of the force terms into the conservation equations for mass and momentum and subsequent applications are presented in a manner that requires only the haziest recollection of elementary fluid-dynamics theory. 

The analyses presented in this book represent a body of research that has appeared in numerous publications over the last 20 years. L.G. Gibilaro has taken the opportunity to reorder much of the material in the light of subsequent knowledge, to correct minor errors and inconsistencies and to add detail and clarification where necessary. This material helps to form the basis for university course modules in engineering and applied science at undergraduate and graduate level, as well as focused, post-experienced courses for the process, and allied industries. 

• Bridges the gulf between observed behaviour and fluid-dynamic theory
• Clear account of basic theory of fluidization
• Accessible treatment of fluidization analysis