Introductory Fluid Mechanics for Physicists and Mathematicians

This textbook presents essential methodology for physicists ofthe theory and applications of fluid mechanics within a singlevolume. Building steadily through a syllabus, it will berelevant to almost all undergraduate physics degrees which includean option on hydrodynamics, or a course in which hydrodynamicsfigures prominently.

List of contents

Preface xvii
 
1 Introduction 1
 
2 Flow of Ideal Fluids 25
 
3 Viscous Fluids 75
 
4 Waves and Instabilities in Fluids 93
 
5 Turbulent Flow 117
 
6 Boundary Layer Flow 139
 
7 Convective Heat Transfer 175
 
8 Compressible Flow and Sound Waves 209
 
9 Characteristics and Rarefactions 219
 
10 Shock Waves 241
 
11 Aerofoils in Low-Speed Incompressible Flow 295
 
12 Aerofoils in High-Speed Compressible Fluid Flow 341
 
13 Deflagrations and Detonations 363
 
14 Self-similar Methods in Compressible Gas Flow and Intermediate Asymptotics 383
 
Problems 417
 
Solutions 427
 
Bibliography 455
 
Index 463

Report

"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-divisionundergraduates and graduate students in physics andmathematics." ( Choice , 1 January 2014)

Product details

• Authors: G J Pert, G. J. Pert, Geoffrey J. Pert, Geoffrey J. (University of Alberta Pert
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2013
• EAN: 9781119944850
• ISBN: 978-1-119-94485-0
• No. of pages: 488
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics; Physik, Mathematik, Maschinenbau, Strömungsmechanik, Mathematics, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, numerische Methoden, Fluid mechanics, Klassische u. Strömungsmechanik, Classical & Fluid Mechanics, Numerical Methods