Incompressible Flow

Preface. Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. 1. Continuum Mechanics. 2. Thermodynamics. 3. Vector Calculus and Index Notation. 4. Kinematics of Local Fluid Motion. 5. Basic Laws. 6. Newtonian Fluids and the Navier-Stokes Equations. 7. Some Incompressible Flow Patterns. 8. Dimensional Analysis. 9. Compressible Flow. 10. Incompressible Flow. 11. Some Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equations. 12. Stream Functions and the Velocity Potential. 13. Vorticity Dynamics. 14. Flows at Moderate Reynolds Numbers. 15. Asymptotic Analysis Methods. 16. Characteristics of High-Reynolds-Number Flow. 17. Kinematic Decomposition of Flow Fields. 18. Ideal Flows in a Plane. 19. Axisymmetric and Three-Dimensional Ideal Flows. 20. Boundary Layers. 21. Low-Reynolds-Numbers Flows. 22. Lubrication Approximation. 23. Surface Tension Effects. 24. Microscale Effects. 25. Introduction to Stability and Transition. 26. Introduction to Turbulent Flow. Appendix A: Properties of Fluids. Appendix B: Differential Operations in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates. Appendix C: Basic Equations in Rectangular, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates. Appendix D: Streamfunction Relations in Rectangular, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates. Appendix E: Computer Code for Entrance Flow into a Cascade. Appendix F: Computer Code for Boundary-Layer Analysis. References. Index.

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