Adrian Bejan, Ph.D. (MIT, 1975) is a Romanian-born American professor of mechanical engineering and inventor of the constructal theory of global optimization under local constraints. He is J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University. Wikipedia
1988 Bejan number (Be) Proposed as name for dimensionless group Delta P x2 / (Rho Nu2) in forced convection (S. Bhattacharjee and W.L. Grosshandler, The formation of a wall jet near a high temperature wall under micrograv.. hcr3.isiknowledge.com/author.cgi?&link1=Search&link2=Sear...
In this interview, Adrian Bejan explains us the reasons behind the similarities between water flow structures like river and botanical trees, on the basis of Constructal Theory. www.constructal.org/
Adrian Bejan J. A. Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering Professor Bejans research covers a wide range of topics in thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, convection and porous media. www.mems.duke.edu/faculty/bejan/
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