500 __ |a Revised edition of: Incompressible flow / Ronald L. Panton. Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2013]

505 0_ |a Continuum Mechanics -- Thermodynamics -- Vector Calculus and Index Notation -- Kinematics of Local Fluid Motion -- Basic Laws -- Newtonian Fluids and the Navier-Stokes Equations -- Some Incompressible Flow Patterns -- Dimensional Analysis -- Elements of Compressible Flow -- Incompressible Flow -- Some Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equations -- Streamfunctions and the Velocity Potential -- Vorticity Dynamics -- Flows at Moderate Reynolds Numbers -- Asymptotic Analysis Methods -- Characteristics of High-Reynolds-Number Flows -- Kinematic Decomposition of Flow Fields -- Ideal Flows in a Plane -- Three-Dimensional Ideal Flows -- Boundary Layers -- Flow at Low Reynolds Numbers -- Lubrication Approximation -- Surface Tension Effects -- Introduction to Microflows -- Stability and Transition -- Turbulent Flows -- Gas Dynamics.

520 __ |a "This textbook offers a detailed study of fluid dynamics. Equal emphasis is given to physical concepts, mathematical methods, and illustrative flow patterns. The book begins with a precise and careful formulation of physical concepts followed by derivations of the laws governing the motion of an arbitrary fluid, the Navier-Stokes equations. Throughout, there is an emphasis on scaling variables and dimensional analysis. Incompressible flow is presented as an asymptotic expansion of solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations with low Mach numbers and arbitrary Reynolds numbers. The different physical behaviors of flows with low, medium, and high Reynolds number are thoroughly investigated. Additionally, several special introductory chapters are provided on lubrication theory, flow stability, and turbulence."-- |c Provided by publisher.