Fluid Mechanics

Presents the minimum of what physicists, engineers and mathematicians needs to know about hydrodynamics.

Gregory Falkovich (Author)

9781107129566, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 April 2018

218 pages, 97 b/w illus.
23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.49 kg

The multidisciplinary field of fluid mechanics is one of the most actively developing fields of physics, mathematics and engineering. This textbook, fully revised and enlarged for the second edition, presents the minimum of what every physicist, engineer and mathematician needs to know about hydrodynamics. It includes new illustrations throughout, using examples from everyday life, from hydraulic jumps in a kitchen sink to Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities in clouds, and geophysical and astrophysical phenomena, providing readers with a better understanding of the world around them. Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers, the book assumes no prior knowledge of the subject and only a basic understanding of vector calculus and analysis. It contains forty-one original problems with very detailed solutions, progressing from dimensional estimates and intuitive arguments to detailed computations to help readers understand fluid mechanics.

Preface
Prologue
1. Basic notions and steady flows
2. Unsteady flows
3. Dispersive waves
4. Solutions to exercises
Epilogue
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Hydraulic engineering [TNF], Mechanics of fluids [TGMF], Fluid mechanics [PHDF]