
Fluid Mechanics
Description
Key Features
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Changes for the 4th edition from the 3rd edition:
- Updates to several chapters and sections, including Boundary Layers, Turbulence, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics and Compressibility
- Fully revised and updated chapter on computational fluid dynamics
- New chapter on Biofluid Mechanics by Professor Portonovo Ayyaswamy, the Asa Whitney Professor of Dynamical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania
Table of Contents
Introduction; Cartesian Tensors; Kinematics; Conservation Laws; Vorticity Dynamics; Irrotational Flow; Gravity Waves; Dynamic Similarity; Laminar Flow; Boundary Layers and Related Topics; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Instability; Turbulence; Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; Aerodynamics; Compressible Flow; Biofluid Mechanics; App. A Some Properties of Common Fluids; App. B Curvilinear Coordinates; App. C Founders of Modern Fluid Dynamics; App. D Visual Resources; Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 904
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2010
- Published: January 20, 2010
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780123814005