Fluid mechanics [[electronic resource] /] / Pijush K. Kundu, Ira M. Cohen ; with contributions by P.S. Ayyaswamy and H.H. Hu

• Autore: Kundu Pijush K
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Academic Press, c2008
• Edizione: 4th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (901 p.)
• Disciplina: 620.1/06
• Soggetto topico: Fluid mechanics
• Altri autori: CohenIra M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Fluid Mechanics; Copyright Page; Dedication; About the Author; Table of Contents; Preface; Preface to Third Edition; Preface to Second Edition; Preface to First Edition; Author's Notes; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1. Fluid Mechanics; 2. Units of Measurement; 3. Solids, Liquids, and Gases; 4. Continuum Hypothesis; 5. Transport Phenomena; 6. Surface Tension; 7. Fluid Statics; 8. Classical Thermodynamics; 9. Perfect Gas; 10. Static Equilibrium of a Compressible Medium; Exercises; Literature Cited; Supplemental Reading; Chapter 2. Cartesian Tensors; 1. Scalars and Vectors ; 2. Rotation of Axes: Formal Definition of a Vector3. Multiplication of Matrices; 4. Second-Order Tensor; 5. Contraction and Multiplication; 6. Force on a Surface; 7. Kronecker Delta and Alternating Tensor; 8. Dot Product; 9. Cross Product; 10. Operator ?: Gradient, Divergence, and Curl; 11. Symmetric and Antisymmetric Tensors; 12. Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of a Symmetric Tensor; 13. Gauss' Theorem; 14. Stokes' Theorem; 15. Comma Notation; 16. Boldface vs Indicial Notation; Exercises; Literature Cited; Supplemental Reading; Chapter 3. Kinematics; 1. Introduction ; 2. Lagrangian and Eulerian Specifications3. Eulerian and Lagrangian Descriptions: The Particle Derivative; 4. Streamline, Path Line, and Streak Line; 5. Reference Frame and Streamline Pattern; 6. Linear Strain Rate; 7. Shear Strain Rate; 8. Vorticity and Circulation; 9. Relative Motion near a Point: Principal Axes; 10. Kinematic Considerations of Parallel Shear Flows; 11. Kinematic Considerations of Vortex Flows; 12. One-, Two-, and Three-Dimensional Flows; 13. The Streamfunction; 14. Polar Coordinates; Exercises; Supplemental Reading; Chapter 4. Conservation Laws; 1. Introduction ; 2. Time Derivatives of Volume Integrals3. Conservation of Mass; 4. Streamfunctions: Revisited and Generalized; 5. Origin of Forces in Fluid; 6. Stress at a Point; 7. Conservation of Momentum; 8. Momentum Principle for a Fixed Volume; 9. Angular Momentum Principle for a Fixed Volume; 10. Constitutive Equation for Newtonian Fluid; 11. Navier-Stokes Equation; 12. Rotating Frame; 13. Mechanical Energy Equation; 14. First Law of Thermodynamics: Thermal Energy Equation; 15. Second Law of Thermodynamics: Entropy Production; 16. Bernoulli Equation; 17. Applications of Bernoulli's Equation ; 18. Boussinesq Approximation19. Boundary Conditions; Exercises; Literature Cited; Supplemental Reading; Chapter 5. Vorticity Dynamics; 1. Introduction; 2. Vortex Lines and Vortex Tubes; 3. Role of Viscosity in Rotational and Irrotational Vortices; 4. Kelvin's Circulation Theorem; 5. Vorticity Equation in a Nonrotating Frame; 6. Velocity Induced by a Vortex Filament: Law of Biot and Savart; 7. Vorticity Equation in a Rotating Frame; 8. Interaction of Vortices; 9. Vortex Sheet; Exercises; Literature Cited; Supplemental Reading; Chapter 6. Irrotational Flow ; 1. Relevance of Irrotational Flow Theory
• Sommario/riassunto: Fluid mechanics, the study of how fluids behave and interact under various forces and in various applied situations-whether in the liquid or gaseous state or both-is introduced and comprehensively covered in this widely adopted text. Fully revised and updated with the addition of a new chapter on biofluid mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Fourth Edition is suitable for both a first or second course in fluid mechanics at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level. The leading advanced general text on fluid mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, 4e guides students from the fundamentals to the an
• Titolo autorizzato: Fluid mechanics
• ISBN: 1-282-54038-6; 9786612540387; 0-08-055583-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780787203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II