Fluid dynamics for physicists

by Faber, T. E.

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Full title :Fluid dynamics for physicists / T.E. Faber.

Summary

It is over three hundred and fifty years since Torricelli discovered the law obeyed by fountains, yet fluid dynamics remains an active and important branch of physics. This book provides an accessible and comprehensive account of the subject, emphasising throughout the fundamental physical principles, and stressing the connections with other branches of physics. Beginning with a gentle introduction, the book goes on to cover Bernouilli's theorem, compressible flow, potential flow, surface waves, viscosity, vorticity dynamics, thermal convection and instabilities, turbulence, non-Newtonian fluids and the propagation and attenuation of sound in gases. Undergraduate or graduate students in physics or engineering who are taking courses in fluid dynamics will find this book invaluable, but it will also be of great interest to anyone who wants to find out more about this fascinating subject.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1995.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press, New York
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:1995.

Notes

In Cambridge core.

The Physical Object

Description:1 ressource en ligne (xxvi, 440 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0511806736, 9780511806735
oclc:on1020865655
LC Classification:QC151
Dewey Decimal:532/.05

Mathematical Conventions -- 1. A bird's eye view -- 2. The Euler fluid -- 3. Gas dynamics -- 4. Potential flow -- 5. Surface waves -- 6. Viscosity -- 7. Vorticity -- 8. Instabilities -- 9. Turbulence -- 10. Non-Newtonian fluids -- Appendix: One-dimensional sound waves in gases.