Viscous Flow

H. Ockendon, J. R. Ockendon

ISBN 10: 0521458811 / ISBN 13: 9780521458818

Published by Cambridge University Press, GB, 1995

About this Item

Many of the topics in inviscid fluid dynamics are not only vitally important mechanisms in everyday life but they are also readily observable without any need for instrumentation. It is therefore stimulating when the mathematics that emerges when these phenomena are modelled is novel and suggestive of alternative methodologies. This book provides senior undergraduates who are already familiar with inviscid fluid dynamics with some of the basic facts about the modelling and analysis of viscous flows. It clearly presents the salient physical ideas and the mathematical ramifications with exercises designed to be an integral part of the text. By showing the basic theoretical framework which has developed as a result of the study of viscous flows, the book should be ideal reading for students of applied mathematics who should then be able to delve further into the subject and be well placed to exploit mathematical ideas throughout the whole of applied science.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Viscous Flow
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521458811
• ISBN 13: 9780521458818
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 182 grams

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Synopsis

Viscous flow crops up in many real-life situations such as aerodynamics and lubrication, and because of its universality it is a paradigm for the application of mathematics to the real world. This book is a coherent account of the ways in which mathematics can both give insight into viscous flow and suggest analogies and implications for other branches of applied mathematics. The authors place particular emphasis on the unification brought about by the use of asymptotic analysis and scaling properties and the use of everyday observations from the real world (especially industry) to illustrate the theory. The book is aimed at final-year undergraduate and beginning graduate students in applied mathematics, physics, and engineering courses on fluid flow.

From the Back Cover

In this book the authors give a coherent account of some of the ways in which mathematics can both give insight into viscous flows and suggest analogies and implications for other branches of applied mathematics.