Understanding Fluid Flow (AIMS Library of Mathematical Sciences) - Softcover

Worster, Grae

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521132894 ISBN 13: 9780521132893

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Understanding Fluid Flow takes a fresh approach to introducing fluid dynamics, with physical reasoning and mathematical developments inextricably intertwined. The 'dry' fluid dynamics described by potential theory is set within the context of real viscous flows to give fundamental insight into how fluids behave. The book gives a flavor of theoretical, experimental and numerical approaches to analyzing fluid flow, and implicitly develops skills in applied mathematical modeling of physical systems. It is supplemented by movies that are freely downloadable.

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Book Description:

Understanding Fluid Flow takes a fresh approach to introducing fluid dynamics, with physical reasoning and mathematical developments inextricably intertwined. It gives a flavour of theoretical, experimental and numerical approaches to analysing fluid flow, and implicitly develops skills in applied mathematical modelling. It is supplemented by movies that are freely downloadable.

About the Author:

Grae Worster studied Mathematics at Cambridge University and gained a PhD in Geological Fluid Mechanics. He was an Instructor in Applied Mathematics at MIT, a Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge and an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University before finally returning to Cambridge University in 1992, where he is Professor of Fluid Dynamics. Within the Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, his research encompasses the dynamics of buoyancy-driven flows associated with solidification and melting.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521132894
• ISBN 13: 9780521132893
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 120