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Record Nr.

UNINA9911007086003321

Autore

Aris Rutherford

Titolo

Vectors, Tensors and the Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newburyport, : Dover Publications, 2012

ISBN

9780486134895

048613489X

9781621986447

1621986446

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (606 p.)

Collana

Dover Books on Mathematics

Disciplina

532

Soggetti

Fluid dynamics

Calculus of tensors

Vector analysis

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Applied Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

DOVER BOOKS ON MATHEMATICS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Table of Contents; 1 - Introduction; 1.1. Mathematical theories and engineering science; 1.2. Scalars, vectors, and tensors; 1.3. Preview; BIBLIOGRAPHY; 2 - Cartesian Vectors and Tensors: Their Algebra; 2.11. Definition of a vector; 2.12. Example of vectors; 2.13. Scalar multiplication; 2.21. Addition of vectors - Coplanar vectors; 2.22. Unit vectors; 2.23. A basis of non-coplanar vectors; 2.31. Scalar product - Orthogonality; 2.32. Vector product; 2.33. Velocity due to rigid body rotation

2.34. Triple scalar product2.35. Triple vector product; 2.36. Reciprocal base systems; 2.41. Second order tensors; 2.42. Examples of second order tensors; 2.43. Scalar multiplication and addition; 2.44. Contraction and multiplication; 2.45. The vector of an antisymmetric tensor; 2.5. Canonical form of a symmetric tensor; 2.61. Higher order tensors; 2.62. The quotient rule; 2.7. Isotropic tensors; 2.81. Dyadics and other notations; 2.82. Axial vectors; BIBLIOGRAPHY; 3 - Cartesian Vectors and Tensors: Their Calculus; 3.11. Tensor functions of a time-



like variable; 3.12. Curves in space

4.12. Streamlines4.13. Streaklines; 4.21. Dilatation; 4.22. Reynolds' transport theorem; 4.3. Conservation of mass and the equation of continuity; 4.41. Deformation and rate of strain; 4.42. Physical interpretation of the deformation tensor; 4.43. Principal axes of deformation; 4.5. Vorticity, vortex lines, and tubes; 5 - Stress in Fluids; 5.11. Cauchy's stress principle and the conservation of momentum; 5.12. The stress tensor; 5.13. The symmetry of the stress tensor; 5.14. Hydrostatic pressure; 5.15. Principal axes of stress and the notion of isotropy; 5.21. The Stokesian fluid

5.22. Constitutive equations of the Stokesian fluid5.23. The Newtonian fluid; 5.24. Interpretation of the constants λ and μ; 6 - Equations of Motion and Energy in Cartesian Coordinates; 6.11. Equations of motion of a Newtonian fluid; 6.12. Boundary conditions; 6.13. The Reynolds number; 6.14. Dissipation of energy by viscous forces; 6.2. Equations for a Stokesian fluid; 6.3. The energy equation; 6.41. Résumé of the development of the equations; 6.42. Special cases of the equations; 6.51. Bernoulli theorems; 6.52. Some further properties of barotropic flow; 7 - Tensors

7.11. Coordinate systems and conventions

Sommario/riassunto

<DIV>This introductory text is geared toward engineers, physicists, and applied mathematicians at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels. It applies the mathematics of Cartesian and general tensors to physical field theories and demonstrates them chiefly in terms of the theory of fluid mechanics. Numerous exercises appear throughout the text. 1962 edition.</DIV>