Table of Contents

Introduction; Pipe and channel flow; Flow past a circular cylinder; Free convection between parallel walls; Equations of motion; Further basic ideas; Dynamical similarity; Low and high Reynolds numbers; Some solutions of the viscous flow equations; Inviscid flow; Boundary layers, wakes, and jets; Separation and attachment; Lift; Convection; Stratified flow; Flow in rotating fluids; Instabilities; Transition to turbulence in shear flows; Turbulence; Homogeneous
isotropic turbulence; Turbulent shear flows; Convection in horizontal layers; Double diffusive free convection; Dynamical chaos; Experimental methods; Applications of fluid dynamics; Notation;
Problems; Hints and answers to problems; Bibliography and references; Index.

Reviews

From reviews of the first edition: 'reminds one of Prandtl's classic, 'Führer durch die Strömungslehre'... well suited as a text for introductory courses addressed to engineering students.' Journal of Fluid Mechanics
'It should be quite straightforward to use Physical Fluid Dynamics as a text for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses...[It] is one of those rare books that offers a qualitative advance over what was available previously.' American Journal of Physics on the first edition.