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Physical hydrodynamics

By Jean-Pierre Hulin , Etienne Guyon , Luc Petit , Catalin D. Mitescu

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0198517467, 9780198517467, 0198517459
LCC
QA911 .H9313 2001
Open Library ID
OL3965053M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
8 MB (8751796 bytes)
Pages
528\528
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

In the course of the last twenty years, teaching and research in fluid mechanics has expanded considerably into the physics and chemistry communities, who in their turn developed new approaches to the teaching of this topic. These approaches are mainly oriented towards the comprehension of fluids of different hierarchies, the development of various experimental tools, and explanations in terms of elementary physical mechanics. Physical Hydrodynamics presents this original approach for the first time. The elementary microscopic basics of the statistical theory of fluids is discussed, as are the classical aspects of deformation and pressure and the laws of conservation. The problem of Low-Reynolds-Number Flows will be addressed, its applications to suspensions and porous media explained. A discussion of the aspects of boundary layers, high-velocity flows and instabilities conclude this presentation of incompressible fluid hydrodynamics. The present book provides a thorough introduction into the topic from a primarily physical point of view and will be a useful textbook and reference work for graduate students, lecturers and researchers.

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