Description
Book SynopsisA comprehensive, modern account of the flow of inviscid incompressible fluids This one-stop resource for students, instructors, and professionals goes beyond analytical solutions for irrotational fluids to provide practical answers to real-world problems involving complex boundaries.
Trade Review"The didactic approach is consistently first-rate and the writing os of exceptional clarity" (
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"A refreshing compendium of classical topics in the repertoire of fluid dynamists, physicists, and mathematicians." (Physics Today, November 2002)
"...an excellent textbook for introductory course in fluid dynamics..." (The Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 490, 2003)
Table of ContentsPreface.
Introduction.
Vectors and Tensors.
Kinematics of Fluid Motion.
Laws of Fluid Dynamics.
Dynamics of Discontinuity Surfaces.
Velocity Representations and Associated Theorems.
Vorticity Transport Theorems.
Pressure Theorems.
Two-Dimensional Potential Flows.
Forces on Bodies in Two-Dimensional Flows.
Two-Dimensional Flows with Vorticity.
Three-Dimensional Potential Flows.
Axisymmetric Vortex Flows.
Vortex Tubes.
Interfacial Wave Motion.
Stability of Fluid Flows.
Appendix A: Common Expressions in Orthogonal Curvilinear Coordinate Systems.
Index.
