Fluid mechanics / / L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz ; translated from the Russian by J.B. Sykes and W.H. Reid

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807412303321
• Autore: Landau L. D (Lev Davidovich), <1908-1968, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : , : Pergamon Press, , 1987; ©1987
• ISBN: 1-4831-6104-8
• Edizione: [2nd edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1507 p.)
• Collana: Course of theoretical physics ; ; Volume 6
• Disciplina: 532
• Soggetti: Fluid mechanics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Other Titles in the Series; Inside Front Cover; Copyright; PREFACE TO THE SECOND ENGLISH EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION; EVGENI MIKHA LOVICH LIFSHITZ (1915-1985); NOTATION; Chapter 1: IDEAL FLUIDS; Publisher Summary; 1 The equation of continuity; 2 Euler's equation; 3 Hydrostatics; 4 The condition that convection be absent; 5 Bernoulli's equation; 6 The energy flux; 7 The momentum flux; 8 The conservation of circulation; 9 Potential flow; 10 Incompressible fluids; 11 The drag force in potential flow past a body; 12 Gravity waves13 Internal waves in an incompressible fluid; 14 Waves in a rotating fluid; Chapter 2: VISCOUS FLUIDS; Publisher Summary; 15 The equations of motion of a viscous fluid; 16 Energy dissipation in an incompressible fluid; 17 Flow in a pipe; 18 Flow between rotating cylinders; 19 The law of similarity; 20 Flow with small Reynolds numbers; 21 The laminar wake; 22 The viscosity of suspensions; 23 Exact solutions of the equations of motion for a viscous fluid; 24 Oscillatory motion in a viscous fluid; 25 Damping of gravity waves; Chapter 3: TURBULENCE; Publisher Summary; 41 Stability of flow in the laminar boundary layer42 The logarithmic velocity profile; 43 Turbulent flow in pipes; 44 The turbulent boundary layer; 45 The drag crisis; 46 Flow past streamlined bodies; 47 Induced drag; 48 The lift of a thin wing; Chapter 5: THERMAL CONDUCTION IN FLUIDS; Publisher Summary; 49 The general equation of heat transfer; ; 50 Thermal conduction in an incompressible fluid; 51 Thermal conduction in an infinite medium; 52 Thermal conduction in a finite medium; 53 The similarity law for heat transfer; 54 Heat transfer in a boundary layer; 55 Heating of a body in a moving fluid56 Free convection; 57 Convective instability of a fluid at rest; Chapter 6: DIFFUSION; Publisher Summary; 58 The equations of fluid dynamics for a mixture of fluids; 59 coefficients of mass transfer and thermal diffu; 60 Diffusion of particles suspended in a fluid; Chapter 7: SURFACE PHENOMENA; Publisher Summary; 61 Laplace's formula; 62 Capillary waves; 63 The effect of adsorbed films on the motion of a liquid; Chapter 8: SOUND; Publisher Summary; 64 Sound waves; 65 The energy and momentum of sound waves; 66 Reflection and refraction of sound waves