Fluid Dynamics for Physicists

Comprehensive account of fluid dynamics, covering basic principles and advanced topics.

T. E. Faber (Author)

9780521429696, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 17 August 1995

468 pages, 202 b/w illus.
25 x 17.5 x 2.3 cm, 1.7 kg

'… an attractive and readable book.' N. C. Freeman, Contemporary Physics

It is over three hundred and fifty years since Torricelli discovered the law obeyed by fountains, yet fluid dynamics remains an active and important branch of physics. This book provides an accessible and comprehensive account of the subject, emphasising throughout the fundamental physical principles, and stressing the connections with other branches of physics. Beginning with a gentle introduction, the book goes on to cover Bernouilli's theorem, compressible flow, potential flow, surface waves, viscosity, vorticity dynamics, thermal convection and instabilities, turbulence, non-Newtonian fluids and the propagation and attenuation of sound in gases. Undergraduate or graduate students in physics or engineering who are taking courses in fluid dynamics will find this book invaluable, but it will also be of great interest to anyone who wants to find out more about this fascinating subject.

Preface
1. A bird's-eye view
2. The Euler fluid
3. Gas dynamics
4. Potential flow
5. Surface waves
6. Viscosity
7. Vorticity
8. Instabilities
9. Turbulence
10. Non-Newtonian fluids
Appendix: one-dimensional sound waves in gases.

Subject Areas: Fluid mechanics [PHDF]