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Record Nr.

UNINA9910552743303321

Autore

Rieutord Michel

Titolo

Fluid Dynamics : An Introduction / / by Michel Rieutord

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-09351-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 508 p. 124 illus., 10 illus. in color.)

Collana

Graduate Texts in Physics, , 1868-4513

Disciplina

532.05

Soggetti

Fluids

Astrophysics

Fluid mechanics

Geophysics

Fluid- and Aerodynamics

Astrophysics and Astroparticles

Engineering Fluid Dynamics

Geophysics/Geodesy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

The foundations of fluid mechanics -- The static of fluids -- Flow of Perfect Fluids -- Flows of incompressible viscous fluids -- Waves in Fluids -- Flows Instabilities -- Thermal Convection -- Rotating Fluids -- Turbulence -- Magnetohydrodynamics -- Beyond Fluid Mechanics -- Complements of mathematics -- The solutions of exercises.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is dedicated to readers who want to learn fluid dynamics from the beginning. It assumes a basic level of mathematics knowledge that would correspond to that of most second-year undergraduate physics students and examines fluid dynamics from a physicist’s perspective. As such, the examples used primarily come from our environment on Earth and, where possible, from astrophysics. The text is arranged in a progressive and educational format, aimed at leading readers from the simplest basics to more complex matters like turbulence and magnetohydrodynamics. Exercises at the end of each chapter help readers to test their understanding of the subject (solutions are provided at the end of the book), and a special chapter is



devoted to introducing selected aspects of mathematics that beginners may not be familiar with, so as to make the book self-contained.