Topics in Fluid Mechanics

ISBN-13: 9780521422727 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 340 str.

Rene Chevray; Jean Mathieu

Opis

The book offers a novel but unified treatment of an established subject. It presents each topic as part of a wider class of problems so that a unity of concepts is emphasized over a unity of material. The authors aim for simplicity in presentation, stressing physical understanding over mathematical development. Specialized subjects such as chaotic advection, chaos and the onset of turbulence--problems that are being tackled in research and industry now--are given particular attention.

Spis treści

Preface; Notation; 1. Basic concepts; 2. Towards a constitutive law for fluid materials; 3. Vorticity laws; 4. Fundamental concepts of turbulence; 5. Dynamical systems and chaotic advection; 6. Chaos and the onset of turbulence; 7. Boundary layer theory; 8. Wave propagation; 9. Fundamentals of classical thermodynamics; Appendices; Index.