Fluid Dynamics for Physicists - Softcover

Faber, T. E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521429692 ISBN 13: 9780521429696

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

This textbook provides an accessible and comprehensive account of fluid dynamics that emphasizes fundamental physical principles and stresses connections with other branches of physics. Beginning with a basic introduction, the book goes on to cover many topics not typically treated in texts, such as compressible flow and shock waves, sound attenuation and bulk viscosity, solitary waves and ship waves, thermal convection, instabilities, turbulence, and the behavior of anisotropic, non-Newtonian and quantum fluids. Undergraduate or graduate students in physics or engineering who are taking courses in fluid dynamics will find this book invaluable.

About this title

Book Description:

This accessible and comprehensive account of fluid dynamics emphasizes fundamental physical principles and stresses connections with other branches of physics. It covers many topics not typically treated in similar texts and is geared to undergraduate or graduate students.

Review:

"...a good contribution to the fluid mechanics literature...a stimulating and enjoyable description of various important flow phenomena." M.F. Platzer, Applied Mechanics Reviews

"Fluid Dynamics for Physicists is a very accessible text, as well as a very comprehensive one, for anyone wishing to learn or teach basic fluid dynamics." Stanley A. Berger, Physics Today

"The book is well written and comprehensible, and it has attractive and helpful diagrams. There are occasional excellent photographs. The notation is simple and readable....[T]here is much in this book to please and interest any reader." John L. Lumley, American Journal of Physics

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0521429692
• ISBN 13: 9780521429696
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472