%0 Journal Article
%T Some Thoughts on Logic and Intuition in Science and Chemical Engineering
%A Christo Boyadjiev
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 1
%N 6
%P 1-5
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2014
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1100908
%X The role of the logic and intuition in the
chemical engineering is presented. Basic rules of logic in chemical engineering
are used: ¡°Construction of mathematical models of chemical engineering
structures use the general rules (approximations) of the continuous media
mechanics¡± and ¡°A full correspondence between physical effects and mathematical
operators (in the form of functions and their derivatives) in the mathematical
models¡±. The basic mathematical operators as gradient, divergence and Laplace
operator are associated with the physical effects in the models. The
intuition-judgments in the chemical engineering are the axioms as ¡°Stokes
postulate for the linear relationship between stress and strain rate¡±, ¡°linear
relationship between the diffusion flux and the concentration gradient (Fick¡¯s
first law)¡±, ¡°linear relationship between heat flux and temperature gradient
(Fourier¡¯s first law)¡±. The intuition-judgments (axioms) of the linear and non-
linear mass transfer theories are presented too.
%K Chemical Engineering
%K Logic
%K Intuition-Judgment
%K Intuition-Hunch
%K Axiom
%K Theorem
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/3104550