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This successful textbook emphasizes the unified nature of all the disciplines of Fluid Mechanics as they emerge from the general principles of continuum mechanics. The different branches of Fluid Mechanics, always originating from simplifying assumptions, are developed according to the basic rule: from the general to the specific. The first part of the book contains a concise but readable introduction into kinematics and the formulation of the laws of mechanics and thermodynamics. The second part consists of the methodical application of these principles to technology. In addition, sections about thin-film flow and flow through porous media are included.



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The Concept of the Continuum and Kinematics.- Fundamental Laws of Continuum Mechanics.- Constitutive Relations for Fluids.- Equations of Motion for Particular Fluids.- Hydrostatics.- Laminar Unidirectional Flows.- Fundamentals of Turbulent Flow.- Hydrodynamic Lubrication.- Introduction to Cartesian Tensors .- Curvilinear Coordinates .- Tables and Diagrams for Compressible Flow.- Physical Properties of Air and Water.- References.- Index


Fluid Mechanics

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      Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG
      Published 13 January 2021
      ISBN-13 9783030302610
      978-3030302610
      ISBN-10 303030261X
      Also in:
      Electrical engineering Engineering: Mechanics of fluids

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This successful textbook emphasizes the unified nature of all the disciplines of Fluid Mechanics as they emerge from the general principles of continuum mechanics. The different branches of Fluid Mechanics, always originating from simplifying assumptions, are developed according to the basic rule: from the general to the specific. The first part of the book contains a concise but readable introduction into kinematics and the formulation of the laws of mechanics and thermodynamics. The second part consists of the methodical application of these principles to technology. In addition, sections about thin-film flow and flow through porous media are included.



      Table of Contents

      The Concept of the Continuum and Kinematics.- Fundamental Laws of Continuum Mechanics.- Constitutive Relations for Fluids.- Equations of Motion for Particular Fluids.- Hydrostatics.- Laminar Unidirectional Flows.- Fundamentals of Turbulent Flow.- Hydrodynamic Lubrication.- Introduction to Cartesian Tensors .- Curvilinear Coordinates .- Tables and Diagrams for Compressible Flow.- Physical Properties of Air and Water.- References.- Index


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