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Human Civilization has made great strides since the invention of rotating machinery, which was prompted to a large extent by the industrial needs to generate power or to transport flowing media more efficiently and economically. The methods based on reciprocating motion are disadvantaged by a restriction in the speed the machinery can achieve which results in a limitation in the magnitude of heat, mass and momemtum transport. It also suffers higher friction, wear and noise. On the other hand rotating machinery can be at a very high speed, with some devices operating at several hundred thousand revolutions per minute and can produce an extremely high power output or flow rate. It experiences lower friction, less wear and low noise. The proceedings are divided into tow volumes : one on Dynamics and other on Transport Phenomena.
