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Book SynopsisA deeply enriched second edition of a classical textbook on fluid dynamics. It emphasizes an experimental (inductive) approach rather than the more formal approach found in many textbooks in the field.
Trade ReviewThis book is essential reading for all people interested in the modern study of fluids and hydrodynamics, from undergraduates to graduate research students and professors. The book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date description of the behaviour and theory of fluids with excellent examples drawn from real life that illustrate the principles. Covering a large range of topics relating the hydrodynamics observed in the real world to our mathematical descriptions, the derivations throughout are developed with a rare clarity accompanied with proofs and key explanations. Importantly for those new to the topic, the physical meaning of all terms in the mathematical description are described articulately throughout. With examples including the latest state-of-the-art knowledge of fluids and their behaviour, this book should sit on the desk of all people interested and active in hydrodynamics Benedict Rogers, University of Manchester, UK
Table of Contents1. The physics of fluids ; 2. Momentum transport under various flow conditions ; 3. Kinematics of fluids ; 4. Dynamics of viscous fluids, rheology, and parallel flows ; 5. Conservation laws ; 6. Potential flow ; 7. Vorticity, vortex dynamics, and rotating flows ; 8. Quasi-parallel flows - lubrication approximation ; 9. Flows at low Reynolds number ; 10. Coupled transport; Laminar boundary layers ; 11. Hydrodynamic instabilities ; 12. Turbulence
