Perspectives in Fluid Dynamics
A Collective Introduction to Current Research

Paperback edition of text on fluid dynamics for graduate students and specialists alike.

G. K. Batchelor (Edited by), H. K. Moffatt (Edited by), M. G. Worster (Edited by)

9780521531696, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 November 2002

644 pages, 21 colour illus. 3 tables
24.7 x 17.4 x 3.2 cm, 1.315 kg

'The book belongs on the shelf of any serious student of fluid mechanics and many researchers whose work touches on the subject of fluid mechanics in a substantial way.' H. Aref, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Now available in paperback, this wide-ranging text on modern fluid mechanics research includes sections on modelling the environment, physiology and magnetohydrodynamics. At the same time, the book discusses basic physical phenomena such as turbulence that still present fundamental challenges. Conventional textbooks cannot hope to give graduate students more than an inkling of what topics are currently being researched, or how to make a choice between them. This book aims to rectify matters, at least in part. It consists of eleven chapters that each introduces a different branch of the subject. Though not exhaustive, the coverage is broad: thin-film flows, Saffman-Taylor fingering, flows in arteries and veins, convective and absolute instabilities, turbulence, natural convection, magnetohydrodynamics, solidification, geological fluid mechanics, oceanography and atmospheric dynamics are all introduced and reviewed by established authorities. Thus the book will not only be suitable for graduate-level courses but also for specialists seeking introductions to other areas.

Preface
1. Interfacial fluid dynamics Stephen Davis
2. Viscous fingering as an archetype for growth patterns Yves Couder
3. Blood flow in arteries and veins Tim Pedley
4. Open shear flow instabilities Patrick Huerre
5. Turbulence Javier Jimenez
6. Convection in the environment Paul Linden
7. Reflections on magnetohydrodynamics Keith Moffatt
8. Solidification of fluids Grae Worster
9. Geological fluid mechanics Herbert Huppert
10. The dynamic ocean Chris Garrett
11. On global-scale atmospheric and oceanic circulations Michael McIntyre
Index.

Subject Areas: Fluid mechanics [PHDF]