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Record Nr.

UNINA9911006655203321

Autore

Howe M. S

Titolo

Theory of vortex sound / / M.S. Howe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-107-13305-X

0-511-07814-5

1-282-38925-4

0-511-64308-X

9786612389252

0-511-20256-3

0-511-56162-8

1-60119-762-4

0-511-75549-X

0-511-07657-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge texts in applied mathematics

Disciplina

620.1/064

Soggetti

Fluid dynamics

Fluids - Acoustic properties

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Lighthill's theory -- 3. The compact Green's function -- 4. Vorticity -- 5. Vortex sound -- 6. Vortex-surface interaction noise in two-dimensions -- 7. Problems in three-dimensions -- 8. Further worked examples -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

The book is an introduction to the branch of fluid mechanics concerned with the production of sound by hydrodynamic flows. It is designed for a one semester introductory course at advanced undergraduate or graduate level. Great care is taken to explain underlying fluid mechanical and acoustic concepts, and to describe as fully as possible the steps in a complicated derivation. The discussion deals specifically with low Mach number flows, which enables the sound produced by 'vortex-surface' interactions to be analysed using the 'compact Green's function'. This provides a routine procedure for estimating the sound,



and an easy identification of those parts of a structure that are likely to be important sources of sound. Each chapter ends with a set of problems, many of which can form the basis of an extended student project. The final chapter contains worked examples that have been investigated by students at Boston University.