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Intended for undergraduate and graduate students of science and engineering, this book covers the area of fluid mechanics, starting from the fundamentals, and then moving to widespread applications, to technology and geophysics. It also contains discussions on the universal dimensions similarity scaling for the laminar boundary layer equations.

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"This book will find its place on the shelves of all libraries covering the mechanics of liquids and gases" --Mathematics Abstracts "A classic in the field of fluid mechanics" --IOP Publishing Ltd "This book will continue to be a rich source of understanding of fluid mechanics for adequately prepared readers...there is no better aid than Landau and Liftshitz's 'Fluid Mechanics" --Journal of Fluid Mechanics "Has lasting value as a reference text" --The International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Table of Contents
Ideal Fluids; Turbulence; Thermal conduction in fluids; Surface phenomena; Shock waves; Two-dimensional gas flow; Fluid dynamics of combustion; Dynamics of superfluids; Index.

Fluid Mechanics

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      Publisher Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
      Published 8/17/1987 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780750627672
      978-0750627672
      ISBN-10 0750627670
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      Science & Nature Physics: Fluid mechanics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Intended for undergraduate and graduate students of science and engineering, this book covers the area of fluid mechanics, starting from the fundamentals, and then moving to widespread applications, to technology and geophysics. It also contains discussions on the universal dimensions similarity scaling for the laminar boundary layer equations.

      Trade Review
      "This book will find its place on the shelves of all libraries covering the mechanics of liquids and gases" --Mathematics Abstracts "A classic in the field of fluid mechanics" --IOP Publishing Ltd "This book will continue to be a rich source of understanding of fluid mechanics for adequately prepared readers...there is no better aid than Landau and Liftshitz's 'Fluid Mechanics" --Journal of Fluid Mechanics "Has lasting value as a reference text" --The International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

      Table of Contents
      Ideal Fluids; Turbulence; Thermal conduction in fluids; Surface phenomena; Shock waves; Two-dimensional gas flow; Fluid dynamics of combustion; Dynamics of superfluids; Index.

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