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INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID DYNAMICS

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DAVIDSON
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : E-CONTENT GENERIC VENDOR.
Subjects:
Fluid dynamics.
Hydrodynamics
Dynamique des fluides.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Elementary definitions, some simple kinematics and the dynamics of ideal fluids
  • Governing equations and flow regimes for a real fluid
  • Some elementary solutions of the Navier-Stokes equation
  • Flows with negligible inertia: Stokes flow, lubrication theory and thin films
  • Laminar flow at high Reynolds number: Boundary layers
  • Potential flow theory with applications to aerodynamics
  • Surface gravity waves in deep and shallow water
  • Vortex dynamics: classical theory and illustrative examples
  • Waves and flow in a stratified fluid
  • Waves and flow in a rotating fluid
  • Instability
  • The transition to turbulence and the nature of chaos
  • An introduction to turbulence and to Kolmogorov's theory
  • Turbulent shear flows and simple closure models.