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.
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.
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