Introduction to Fluid Dynamics in Physics and Astrophysics

ISBN-13: 9780367552350 / Miękka / 2024 / 344 str.

Hendrik Jan van Eerten

Opis

This textbook provides an accessible and self-contained introduction to the physics behind fluid dynamics; exploring the laws of nature describing three out of four fundamental states of matter (liquids, gases, and plasmas).

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Preliminaries.   Chapter 2 The Conservation Laws of Fluid Dynamics.   Chapter 3 Lagrangian Fluid Dynamics.   Chapter 4 Hydrostatics, Atmospheres and Stellar Structure.   Chapter 5 Sound Waves and Sub-/Supersonic Flow.   Chapter 6 Properties and Kinematics of Fluid Flow.   Chapter 7 Shock Waves.   Chapter 8 Fluid Dynamics in Special Relativity.   Chapter 9 Viscous Flow.   Chapter 10 Fluid Instabilities.   Chapter 11 Accretion Flow.   Chapter 12 Concepts in Plasma Physics.   Chapter 13 Computational Fluid Dynamics.   Appendix A Concepts from Thermodynamics.   Appendix B Vector Identities and Derivatives.   Appendix C Euler's Equations in non-Cartesian Coordinate Systems.   Appendix D List of Symbols.   Appendix E Abbreviated Answers to Selected Problems.   References.    Index.

O autorze

Dr Hendrik van Eerten is a Reader in Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics at the University of Bath, United Kingdom. His area of research is transients in high-energy astrophysics, with a focus on theoretical and computational fluid dynamics of relativistic jets and cosmic explosions, in particular gamma-ray bursts.