This textbook emphasizes the unified nature of all the disciplines of Fluid Mechanics as they emerge from the general principles of continuum mechaniccs. The different branches of Fluid Mechanics, always originating from simplifying assumptions, are developed according to the basic rule: from the general to the specific. The first part of the book contains a concise but readable introduction into kinematics and the formulation of the laws of mechanics and thermodynamics. The second part consists of the methodical application of these principles to technology. This book is offered to engineers, physicists and applied mathematicians; it can be used for self study, as well as in conjunction with a lecture course.
Table of Contents:
Contents: Fundamentals: The concept of the continuum and kinematics.- Fundamental equations of continuum mechanics.- Material equations of a fluid.- Equations of motion for particular fluids.- Selected Topics in Fluid Mechanics: Hydrostatics.- Laminar unidirectional flows.- Fundamentals of turbulent flow.- Hydrodynamic lubrication.- Streamline theory.- Potential flows.- Supersonic flow.- Boundary layer theory.- Appendix: Introduction to Cartesian tensors.- Curvilinear coordinates.- Tables and diagrams for compressible fluids.- Properties of air and water.- References and further reading.- Index.
Table of Contents:
Contents: Fundamentals: The concept of the continuum and kinematics.- Fundamental equations of continuum mechanics.- Material equations of a fluid.- Equations of motion for particular fluids.- Selected Topics in Fluid Mechanics: Hydrostatics.- Laminar unidirectional flows.- Fundamentals of turbulent flow.- Hydrodynamic lubrication.- Streamline theory.- Potential flows.- Supersonic flow.- Boundary layer theory.- Appendix: Introduction to Cartesian tensors.- Curvilinear coordinates.- Tables and diagrams for compressible fluids.- Properties of air and water.- References and further reading.- Index.