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This textbook presents essential methodology for physicists of the theory and applications of fluid mechanics within a single volume. Building steadily through a syllabus, it will be relevant to almost all undergraduate physics degrees which include an option on hydrodynamics, or a course in which hydrodynamics figures prominently.

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“Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and graduate students in physics and mathematics.” (Choice, 1 January 2014)



Table of Contents

Preface xvii

1 Introduction 1

2 Flow of Ideal Fluids 25

3 Viscous Fluids 75

4 Waves and Instabilities in Fluids 93

5 Turbulent Flow 117

6 Boundary Layer Flow 139

7 Convective Heat Transfer 175

8 Compressible Flow and Sound Waves 209

9 Characteristics and Rarefactions 219

10 Shock Waves 241

11 Aerofoils in Low-Speed Incompressible Flow 295

12 Aerofoils in High-Speed Compressible Fluid Flow 341

13 Deflagrations and Detonations 363

14 Self-similar Methods in Compressible Gas Flow and Intermediate Asymptotics 383

Problems 417

Solutions 427

Bibliography 455

Index 463

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 26/04/2013
      ISBN13: 9781119944850, 978-1119944850
      ISBN10: 1119944856
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This textbook presents essential methodology for physicists of the theory and applications of fluid mechanics within a single volume. Building steadily through a syllabus, it will be relevant to almost all undergraduate physics degrees which include an option on hydrodynamics, or a course in which hydrodynamics figures prominently.

      Trade Review

      “Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and graduate students in physics and mathematics.” (Choice, 1 January 2014)



      Table of Contents

      Preface xvii

      1 Introduction 1

      2 Flow of Ideal Fluids 25

      3 Viscous Fluids 75

      4 Waves and Instabilities in Fluids 93

      5 Turbulent Flow 117

      6 Boundary Layer Flow 139

      7 Convective Heat Transfer 175

      8 Compressible Flow and Sound Waves 209

      9 Characteristics and Rarefactions 219

      10 Shock Waves 241

      11 Aerofoils in Low-Speed Incompressible Flow 295

      12 Aerofoils in High-Speed Compressible Fluid Flow 341

      13 Deflagrations and Detonations 363

      14 Self-similar Methods in Compressible Gas Flow and Intermediate Asymptotics 383

      Problems 417

      Solutions 427

      Bibliography 455

      Index 463

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